Conus clerii, common name Clery's cone, 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.
Distribution This species is found in the Atlantic Ocean, most commonly between Brazil to Northern Argentina, with a type locality in Cape St. Thomas, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Published in Conch. Icon. 1 (Conus): pl. 43, sp. 229, (published Jan), (Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. pt. 11, no. 130: p. 175, not figured, published Jun).
Description The maximum recorded shell length is 65 mm.Welch J. J. (2010). "The "Island Rule" and Deep-Sea Gastropods: Re-Examining the Evidence". PLoS ONE 5(1): e8776. .
Habitat Minimum recorded depth is 15 m. Maximum recorded depth is 100 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