Conus hilli

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Conus hilli
Shell of Conus hilli (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. hilli
Binomial name
Conus hilli
Petuch, 1990
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Dauciconus) hilli Petuch, 1990 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Purpuriconus hilli (Petuch, 1990)

Conus hilli 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 attains 21 mm.

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