Conus harasewychi

Conus harasewychi
Shell and protoconch of Conus harasewychi (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. harasewychi
Binomial name
Conus harasewychi Petuch, 1987
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Dauciconus) harasewychi Petuch, 1987 · accepted, alternate representation Purpuriconus harasewychi (Petuch, 1987)

Conus harasewychi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans.

Original description: "Shell stocky, solid, broad across shoulder; shoulder somewhat rounded, distinctly coronated with large raised knobs; body whorl with numerous fine, beaded, spiral cords; spiral cords become stronger on anterior half of shell; body whorl uniformly dark mustard-yellow with thin, amorphous white band around mid-body; shoulder coronations and spire whorls white in color; anterior tip of shell and siphonal region dark brown; interior of aperture pale lavender."^[2]

The size of the shell attains 26 mm.

Locus typicus: "North of Palm Beach Inlet, Palm Beach, Florida, USA."^[2]

This marine species occurs off Florida and the Bahamas at a depth of 30 m.

• Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 31, plate 5, figure 7–8.
• 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

• To World Register of Marine Species
• Gastropods.com: Purpuriconus cardinalis var. harasewychi