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

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

Description

The size of the shell is 35 mm long. The shell is generally orange in color and sometimes bears a white stripe pattern (can be vertical or horizontal).

Distribution

This marine species can be found around Cabo la Vela, Goajira Peninsula, and Colombia.

  • 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.

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