Conasprella kimioi commonly known as Kimio's Cone, is a small species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conasprella, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 13 mm and 23 mm.
Their functional type is benthos.
Their feeding type is predatory. Distribution This marine species occurs off Japan to the Philippines; off the Chesterfield Islands, Wallis and Futuna, and New Caledonia.
References
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
Specimen at MNHN, Paris