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Species of sea snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conus echo is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]
Conus echo | |
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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. echo |
Binomial name | |
Conus echo Lauer, 1989 | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 69 mm.
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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.
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