Conus echo

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

Conus echo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. echo
Binomial name
Conus echo
Lauer, 1989
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus (Darioconus) echo Lauer, 1989 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus pennaceus echo Lauer, 1988
  • Conus pennaceus f. echo Maccà, 1988 (unavailable name: established as a form)
  • Darioconus echo (Lauer, 1989)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 38 mm and 69 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Somalia.

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References

  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus echo. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751875 on 2015-09-15
  • To World Register of Marine Species
  • Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea
  • "Darioconus echo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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