Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Conus amadis | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Conus ammiralis, Conus achatinus, Conus arenatus, Conus abbas, Conus acutangulus | ||
Conus amadis, common name: the Amadis cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails or cones.
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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.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 40 mm and 110 mm. The spire is striate, channeled, concavely elevated, sharp-pointed. It has a sharp shoulder angle. The lower part of body whorl is punctured and grooved The color of the shell is orange-brown to chocolate, thickly covered with large and small subtriangular white spots, which by their varied disposition sometimes form a white central band, or dark bands above and below the center, the latter occasionally bearing articulated revolving lines.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Mascarene Basin, in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean along Indonesia, New Caledonia and Polynesia.