Conus binghamae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus binghamae Petuch, 1987. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429330 on 2015-07-30

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

Description Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin and delicate; spire low, with early whorls protracted; body whorl shiny, sculptured with fine spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger and larger around anterior one-third of body whorl; shoulder sharply-angled; aperture narrow; shell color pattern comprising darkly-colored anterior one-third and mid-body band of large square-shaped flammules; unpatterned posterior one-half of body whorl with rows of tiny dots; color varying from red, orange, apricot-yellow, to pink and bluish-purple (holotype reddish-orange with darker red-orange mid-body band and anterior tip); spire whorls with numerous crescent-shaped flammules; aperture of holotype dark red-orange; protoconch and early whorls bright yellow on all specimens, regardless of body whorl color."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 29. Publ: CERF

The size of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 200 feet depth off Dania, Broward County, Florida, USA."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 29. Publ: CERF

This marine species of Cone snail occurs off Southeast Florida, at a depth of 61 m.

References

Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 29, plate 5, figure 1-2. Tucker J. T. (2013) The cone shells of Florida. An illustrated key and a review of the Recent species. 155 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 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 To World Register of Marine Species