Conus binghamae

Conus binghamae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[2]

Conus binghamae
Shell and protoconch of Conus binghamae (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. binghamae
Binomial name
Conus binghamae Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Kellyconus) binghamae Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation Gladioconus binghamae (Petuch, 1987) Kellyconus binghamae (Petuch, 1987)

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

Description

Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin and delicate; spire low, with early whorls protracted; body whorl shiny, sculptured with fine spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger and larger around anterior one-third of body whorl; shoulder sharply-angled; aperture narrow; shell color pattern comprising darkly-colored anterior one-third and mid-body band of large square-shaped flammules; unpatterned posterior one-half of body whorl with rows of tiny dots; color varying from red, orange, apricot-yellow, to pink and bluish-purple (holotype reddish-orange with darker red-orange mid-body band and anterior tip); spire whorls with numerous crescent-shaped flammules; aperture of holotype dark red-orange; protoconch and early whorls bright yellow on all specimens, regardless of body whorl color."^[3]

The size of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 200 feet depth off Dania, Broward County, Florida, USA."^[4]

This marine species of Cone snail occurs off Southeast Florida, at a depth of 61 m.