Profundiconus cakobaui

Profundiconus cakobaui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Profundiconus
Species: P. cakobaui
Binomial name
Profundiconus cakobaui
(Moolenbeek, Röckel, & Bouchet, 2008)
Synonyms[1]

Conus cakobaui Moolenbeek, Röckel & Bouchet, 2008 (original combination)

Profundiconus cakobaui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.[1] [2]

Like all species within the genus Profundiconus, these cone snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 19 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji and Tonga

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