Conus goajira
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| Conus goajira | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. goajira |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus goajira Petuch, 1992 | |
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Conus goajira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
The size of the shell is 35 mm long. The shell is generally orange in color and sometimes bears a white stripe pattern (can be vertical or horizontal).
