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.^[2]

Conus echo
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. echo
Binomial name
Conus echo Lauer, 1989
Synonyms[2]
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.