Conus purissimus

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

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| taxon = Conus purissimus

| image = Conus purissimus 001.jpg

| image_caption = Two views of a shell of Conus purissimus (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)

| authority = Filmer, 2011

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• Conus (Splinoconus) purissimus Filmer, 2011 · accepted, alternate representation
• Conus lacteus Lamarck, 1810 (Invalid: junior secondary homonym of Cucullus lacteus Röding, 1798; Conus purissimus is a replacement name)
• Asprella purissimus (Filmer, 2011) (alternative representation)
• Graphiconus purissimus (Filmer, 2011)

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Conus purissimus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|578673|Conus purissimus Filmer, 2011||26 July 2011}}Filmer R.M. (2011) Taxonomic review of the Conus spectrum, Conus stramineus and Conus collisus complexes (Gastropoda - Conidae) - Part I. Visaya 3(2): 23-85, at p. 33. [July 2011]

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.