Conus maya | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Conidae |
Genus: | Conus |
Species: | C. maya
|
Binomial name | |
Conus maya (Petuch & Sargent, 2011)
[1]
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
Conus maya is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2]
Like all species within the genus Conus, these marine snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The size of the shell varies between 28 mm and 46 mm.
This section needs expansion. You can help by
adding to it. (October 2015) |
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Yucatan.