Conus jaspideus | |
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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. jaspideus |
Binomial name | |
Conus jaspideus Gmelin, 1791 |
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Synonyms[2] | |
Conus acutimarginatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 |
Conus jaspideus is a species of sea snail, a small cone snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[2]
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.
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This is a Western Atlantic species.[3]
The maximum recorded shell length is 30 mm.[4]
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m.[4] Maximum recorded depth is 97 m.[4]