-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Molluscs (Phylum Mollusca)

-Gastropods (Class Gastropoda)​​​​

-Caenogastropods (Subclass Caenogastropoda)

-Order Neogastropoda

-Cone Snails and Allies (Superfamily Conoidea)

-Cone Snails (Family Conidae)

-Genus Conus

-Conus Nux

A marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.