Conus hughmorrisoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus hughmorrisoni Lorenz & Puillandre, 2015. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=851503 on 2015-10-07
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 10 mm and 21 mm (). Distribution This marine species occurs off New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.
References
Lorenz F. & Puillandre N. (2015). Conus hughmorrisoni, a new species of cone snail from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea (Gastropoda: Conidae). European Journal of Taxonomy. 129: 1-15
External links
To World Register of Marine Species