| Conus gibsonsmithorum | |
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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. gibsonsmithorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Conus gibsonsmithorum Petuch, 1986 | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Conus gibsonsmithorum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. [1]
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 46 mm.
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Locus typicus: Cabo de la Vela, Guajira Peninsula, Colombia. [2]
North coast of South America: continental shelf.
Caribbean Sea off Colombia to Venezuela.