Conus spiceri

Conus spiceri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]

Conus spiceri
Shell and protoconch of Conus spiceri (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. spiceri
Binomial name
Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Virgiconus) spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 · accepted, alternate representation Conus coelinae spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 Virgiconus spiceri (Bartsch & Rehder, 1943) Virgiconus coelinae spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 152 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and Midway.

References

1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus spiceri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596937 on 2015-11-30

• Bartsch & Rehder (1943), New cones from the Hawaiian Islands; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v.56, 1943
• Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.
• Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

External links

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
• "Virgiconus coelinae spiceri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.