Conus spiceri 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 spiceri. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=596937 on 2015-11-30
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 152 mm. Distribution This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and Midway.
References
Bartsch & Rehder (1943), New cones from the Hawaiian Islands; Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. v.56, 1943 Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp. 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