A 1 1/2 to 2" Conus Suratensis shell

A single Conus Suratensis shell, measuring between 1.5 to 2 inches.

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Conus Suratensis common name is the Surat cone. These are a species of sea snails, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae.

This species is in the genus Conus, which are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans and live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

The average shell size varies between 1 1/2 to 6 inches. Its color ranges between yellow or orange-brown, with revolving series of numerous spots, and short lines of chocolate upon narrow white bands. The more rugose (wrinkled) growth lines cause them to be regularly interrupted, so that they form longitudinal as well as revolving series. The spire is radiated with chocolate. The base of the shell is strongly grooved.

The Suratensis Cone shells are found in the Indo-Pacific off the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, in the Andaman Sea, off Bangladesh, in the Bay of Bengal, off Eastern Indi, off Indo-Malaysia, off Madagascar, off Myanmar (Burma), off the Solomon Islands, off Sri Lanka, off Thailand and off Australia (Queensland).

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Conoidea

Family: Conidae

Genus: Conus

Species: Conus suratensis

Binomial name: Conus suratensis

Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

(REF:Conus suratensis Hwass in Bruguière, 1792. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species )(REF: G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conus betulinus var. suratensis)(REF: Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352)(REF:Bruguière, J. G., and Hwass, C. H., 1792. Cone. Encyclopédie Méthodique: Histoire Naturelle des Vers, 1: 586 -757 )