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Conus caysalensis

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Conus caysalensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. caysalensis
Binomial name
Conus caysalensis
L. Raybaudi & Prati, 1994
Synonyms[2]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) caysalensis L. Raybaudi & Prati, 1994 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Purpuriconus caysalensis (L. Raybaudi & Prati, 1994)

Conus caysalensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 20 mm.

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