Conus maculiferus
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| Conus maculiferus | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Conus maculiferus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. maculiferus |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus maculiferus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833 | |
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Conus maculiferus 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 30 mm. The shell is wide, with a short spire and slightly coronate. Its color is yellowish white with two revolving series of irregular longitudinal chestnut markings, which are sometimes partially connected one with another in each series.[2]