Conus brunneobandatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. brunneobandatus
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Binomial name | |
Conus brunneobandatus Petuch, 1992
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Conus brunneobandatus 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 36.5 mm.
Locus typicus: Off the mouth of the Orinoco River, Venezuela.
This species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea
and off the Lesser Antilles; from Colombia to Northern Brasil.