Conus freitasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. freitasi
Binomial name
Conus freitasi
(Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018)
Synonyms[1]

Africonus freitasi Tenorio, Afonso, Rolán, Pires, Vasconcelos, Abalde & Zardoya, 2018 (original combination)

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

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10.8 mm and 15.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Cape Verdes.[1]

References

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