Conus duffyi 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 duffyi

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and off the Antilles.

Conus duffyi

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 42 mm.

Conus duffyi

Habitat

The average recorded depth of Conus duffyi is 2 meters.

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 1992