Conus goajira 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 goajira. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=429491 on 2015-10-01
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
The size of the shell is 35 mm long. The shell is generally orange and sometimes bears a white stripe pattern (can be vertical or horizontal). Distribution This marine species can be found around Cabo la Vela, Goajira Peninsula, and Colombia.
References
Petuch, E. J., 1992. Molluscan Discoveries from the Tropical Western Atlantic Region (i). La Conchiglia: International Shell Magazine, 23 (264 ): 36 -40 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 Conus Biodiversity Website : Conus goajira