Conus patglicksteinae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.Bouchet, P. (2015). Conus patglicksteinae. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=716251 on 2015-11-14
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The length of the holotype is 25.55 mm. Distribution Locus typicus: "(Trawled from) 400 feet depth off Palm Beach Island, Palm Beach County, Florida, USA."Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 30. Publ: CERF
This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Florida at a depth of 122 m.
References
Petuch, E. J. 1987. New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. 30, plate 5, figure 3-4. Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp 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