Conus binghamae
Conus binghamae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, thin and delicate; spire low, with early whorls protracted; body whorl shiny, sculptured with fine spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger and larger around anterior one-third of body whorl; shoulder sharply-angled; aperture narrow; shell color pattern comprising darkly-colored anterior one-third and mid-body band of large square-shaped flammules; unpatterned posterior one-half of body whorl with rows of tiny dots; color varying from red, orange, apricot-yellow, to pink and bluish-purple ; spire whorls with numerous crescent-shaped flammules; aperture of holotype dark red-orange; protoconch and early whorls bright yellow on all specimens, regardless of body whorl color."The size of the shell attains 19 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: " 200 feet depth off Dania,Broward County, Florida, USA."
This marine species of Cone snail occurs off Southeast Florida, at a depth of 61 m.