Conus sakalava is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.MolluscaBase (2018). Conus sakalava (Monnier & Tenorio, 2017). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1039716 on 2018-03-24
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The length of the shell of the holotype measures 29.9 mm. Distribution This marine species of cone snail occurs off Madagascar.
References
Monnier E. & Tenorio M.J. (2017). New cones from North-West Madagascar (Gastropoda: Conidae) / Nouveaux cones du Nord-Ouest de Madagascar (Gastropoda: Conidae). Xenophora Taxonomy. 17: 32–40.