Conus nanshaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.MolluscaBase (2018). Conus nanshaensis F.-L. Li, 2016. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1035088 on 2018-03-22

This snail is predatory and venomous and is capable of stinging humans.

Distribution This marine species of cone snail occurs off the Spratly Islands, the South China Sea.

References

Li F.-L. [Fenglan] & Lin M.-Y. [Minyu]. (2016). Fauna Sinica. Invertebrata 55. Mollusca: Gastropoda: Conidae. Beijing: Science Press. 286 pp., 4 pls. page(s): 73, fig. 43

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