Conus pomareae

Conus pomareae
	Shell of Conus pomareae (holotype in MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. pomareae
Binomial name
	Conus pomareae; (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2014)
Synonyms
	Conus (Leporiconus) pomareae (Monnier & Limpalaër, 2014)· accepted, alternate representation; Conus tendineus var. granulosus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus arenatus var. granulosa Lamarck, 1822); Leporiconus pomareae Monnier & Limpalaër, 2014;

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

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

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