Kingdom Animalia Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Scientific name Conus sanguinolentus Rank Species | Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Superfamily Conoidea Phylum Mollusca | |
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Similar Conus lividus, Conus miliaris, Conus muriculatus, Conus tenuistriatus, Conus planorbis | ||
Conus sanguinolentus, common name the blood-stained 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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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 22 mm and 65 mm.The shell has a pinkish white color. it is rather narrow with continuous but almost obsolete, longitudinal striae with chestnut.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off South Africa, Aldabra and the Mascarene Islands; off Indo-China, Indo-Malaysia; in the Western Pacific and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).
References
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