Conus harasewychi

Conus harasewychi
	Shell and protoconch of Conus harasewychi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. harasewychi
Binomial name
	Conus harasewychi; Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
	Conus (Dauciconus) harasewychi Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation; Purpuriconus harasewychi (Petuch, 1987);

Conus harasewychi 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 size of the shell attains 26 mm.

This marine species occurs off Florida and the Bahamas at a depth of 30 m.

Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus harasewychi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429441 on 2015-10-05

Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 31, plate 5, figure 7-8.
Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing.
Puillandre N., Duda T.F., Meyer C., Olivera B.M. & Bouchet P. (2015). One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81: 1-23

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