Conus evansi 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 evansi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429597 on 2015-09-18
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell attains 41 mm. Distribution This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Red Sea.
References
Bondarev, I., 2001. Description of a new cone species (Conus evansi) from the Red Sea, Dahlak (Gastropoda, Conidae). La Conchiglia 299: 25–26, 61 Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 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 Cone Shells - Knights of the Sea