Conus perplexus | |
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Apertural view of shell of Conus perplexus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Subfamily: | Coninae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. perplexus |
Binomial name | |
Conus perplexus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857 |
Conus perplexus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
Distribution
References
- ^ Conus perplexus G. B. Sowerby II, 1857. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.