Conus shaskyi | |
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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. shaskyi
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Binomial name | |
Conus shaskyi (Tenorio, Tucker & Chaney, 2012)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Conus shaskyi 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 35 mm.
This marine species occurs of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.