Conus paukstisi 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 paukstisi. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=724692 on 2015-11-15
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 35 mm. It features a golden-caramel pattern throughout the shell. Its whorls do not seem to taper towards the outside making it seem flatter at the top. It also has horizontal running costae. Distribution This marine species occurs off Hawaii.
References
Jiménez-Tenorio, A Revision of the Status of Several Conoid Taxa from the Hawaiian Islands 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