Conus ernesti 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
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 31 mm.
Distribution
This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Panama at a depth of 65 m.
References
Petuch. 1990. Nautilus. 104 (2): 67, figure 28–29. Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2013) Illustrated catalog of the living cone shells. 517 pp. Wellington, Florida: MdM Publishing. 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
Gastropods.com: Gradiconus philippii ernesti (var.)