Conus mazei

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Conus mazei
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. mazei
Binomial name
Conus mazei
Deshayes, 1874

Conus mazei, Maze's cone, is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, more popularly known as a cone snail, cone shell or cone.

Also see Cone snail.

[edit] Distribution

This is a western Atlantic species.

[edit] Shell description

The shell of this species is very elongate with a high spire.

The shell color is whitish with brown dot markings that can be almost square in shape.

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