Species of sea snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Conus nobrei is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[3]
| Conus nobrei | |
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| Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus nobrei Trovão, H., 1975 | |
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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. nobrei |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus nobrei Trovão, H., 1975 [2] | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Like all species within the genus Conus, these 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 12 mm and 20 mm.
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