Profundiconus smirna | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch, P. & H.A. Rehder, 1943) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Profundiconus |
Species: | P. smirna
|
Binomial name | |
Profundiconus smirna (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
Conus smirna Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 (original combination) |
Profundiconus smirna, common name the Smirna cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1] [2]
Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The size of the shell varies between 39 mm and 98 mm.
![]() | This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (January 2016) |
This marine species occurs off Southern Japan; off Hawaii, Tonga, Fiji and New Zealand.
page(s): 135