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Conus catus

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Kingdom
  
Clade
  
Scientific name
  
Conus catus

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Species

Class
  
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Hypsogastropoda

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Conus arenatus, Conus coronatus, Conus chaldaeus, Conus capitaneus, Conus striatus

Conus catus, common name the cat cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Contents

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 24 mm and 52 mm. The shell is bulbous, with a convex, striate spire. The body whorl is striate, the striae rounded, usually obsolete above, granular below, olive, chestnut-, chocolate- or pink-brown, variously marbled and flecked with white, often faintly white-banded below the middle. In the variety nigropunctatus, the shell is colored as above and encircled by series of chocolate-colored dots.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll, Chagos, Madagascar, Mauritius, Tanzania and KwaZuluNatal; in the tropical Indo-West Pacific Region; off Australia (New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

References

Conus catus Wikipedia


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