Conus goajira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. goajira
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus goajira Petuch, 1992
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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.
Description edit
The size of the shell attains 35 mm. The shell is generally orange in colour and usually, but not always has a white stripe pattern (can be vertical or horizontal)
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Cabo la Vela, Goajira Peninsula, Colombia
References edit
- ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus goajira. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429491 on 2015-10-01
- Petuch, E. J., 1992. Molluscan Discoveries from the Tropical Western Atlantic Region (i). La Conchiglia: International Shell Magazine, 23 (264 ): 36 -40
- 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
External links edit
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