Conus paraguana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus paraguana Petuch, 1987. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429456 on 2012-01-21Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp.
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.
Description Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin, slender, smooth and polished; spire elevated, straight-sided; shoulder slightly rounded, anterior end with 8 deeply-impressed sulci; spire whorls smooth; color yellow with two wide bands of pale tan, closely-packed lines of dots and dashes; wide bands of dots separated by wide, white band around mid-body; white mid-body band with 2 lines of tiny tan dots; spire whorls heavily marked with numerous, large, yellow-tan flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, yellow, transparent, smooth."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 112. Publ: CERF
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 25 mm.
Distribution Locus typicus: "Gulf of Venezuela, off Los Taques, Paraguana Peninsula, Falcon, Venezuela."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 111. Publ: CERF
This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Venezuela.
References
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 111 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
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection World Register of Marine Species Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea Gastropods.com: Gradiconus flavescens var. paraguana