Conus puncticulatus: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Conidae
Genus
Conus
Species
Conus puncticulatus
Scientific Name
Conus puncticulatus

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Conasprella puncticulata

Conasprella puncticulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the family Conidae, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Subspecies
  • Conasprella puncticulata columba (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) (synonym: Conus columba Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conasprella puncticulata puncticulata (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)
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Conus puncticulatus in languages:

English
Pinpoint Cone
Japanese
テンビョウイモ

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Conus puncticulatus
©Biocis - Carlos Rangel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Conus puncticulatus
©Biocis - Carlos Rangel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Conus puncticulatus
©Biocis - Carlos Rangel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)

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