Conus julieandreae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Conus julieandreae

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Belize, Honduras and Colombia.

Conus julieandreae

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 30.7 mm.

Conus julieandreae

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 3 m. Maximum recorded depth is 30 m.

References

Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp. 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

The Conus Biodiversity website

Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea

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Gastropods described in 1995