Conus hughmorrisoni
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| Conus hughmorrisoni | |
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| Shells of Conus hughmorrisoni (holotype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. hughmorrisoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus hughmorrisoni Lorenz & Puillandre, 2015 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus hughmorrisoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc 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 varies between 10 mm and 21 mm (0.39–0.83 in).
