Conus fonsecai is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.MolluscaBase (2018). Conus fonsecai (Petuch & Berschauer, 2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=890285 on 2018-03-22
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description The length of the shell varies between 12 mm and 17 mm.
Distribution This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Rio Grande do Norte State, Northeast Brazil.
References
Petuch E.J. & Berschauer D.P. (2016). Six new species of gastropods (Fasciolariidae, Conidae, and Conilithidae) from Brazil. The Festivus. 48(4): 257-266.page(s): 259, figs 2E-H
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