Conus jorioi | |
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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. jorioi
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Binomial name | |
Conus jorioi (Petuch, 2013)
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Conus jorioi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1][2]
Predatory and venomous, these snails are capable of stinging humans. Their shell size attains 53 mm.
This marine species of cone snail is found in the Atlantic Ocean off Northeastern Brazil.