Conus gilvus
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| Conus gilvus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. gilvus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus gilvus Reeve, 1849 | |
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Conus gilvus 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 epithet "gilvus" is a Latin word meaning "pale yellow".
The size of the shell varies between 24 mm and 38 mm.
