Conus petuchi
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| Conus petuchi | |
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| Shell of Conus petuchi (paratype in MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. petuchi |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus petuchi (Monteiro, Afonso, Tenorio, Rosado & Pirinhas, 2014) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus petuchi 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 28 mm and 33 mm.
