Conus edwardpauli

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

Conus edwardpauli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. edwardpauli
Binomial name
Conus edwardpauli Petuch, 1998
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Dauciconus) edwardpauli Petuch, 1998 · accepted, alternate representation Poremskiconus edwardpauli (Petuch, 1998) Purpuriconus edwardpauli (Petuch, 1998)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 26 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Costa Rica to Colombia.