Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Conus ammiralis Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Conus, Conus bandanus, Conus aulicus, Conus mustelinus, Conus crocatus | ||
Conus ammiralis, common name the admiral cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
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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 the shell varies between 35 mm and 109 mm. The color is the shell is chestnut with darker revolving lines, and upper, basal and one or two approximate bands, finely reticulated with yellow on a white ground. This pattern is overlaid with large, irregularly disposed triangular white spots.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Mascarenes; in the Indo-West Pacific off Fiji, Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia, the Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, the Solomon Islands, Thailand, Vanuatu and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
