Conus petuchi 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 petuchi (Monteiro, Afonso, Tenorio, Rosado & Pirinhas, 2014). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=819319 on 2015-11-15
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 33 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and is endemic to Angola.
References
Monteiro A., Afonso C., Tenorio M.J., Rosado J. & Pirinhas D. (2014). New data on the endemic cones (Gastropoda, Conidae) of Angola, with the description of new species. Xenophora Taxonomy. 5: 61-73 page(s): 68, pl. 3 figs 1-7
External links
To World Register of Marine Species