Conus devorsinei

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

Conus devorsinei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. devorsinei
Binomial name
Conus devorsinei (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2015)
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Tesselliconus) devorsinei (Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2015)· accepted, alternate representation Tesselliconus devorsinei Petuch, Berschauer & Poremski, 2015 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 29 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail is endemic to Australia and occurs off Queensland