One Conus Bitulinus shells measuring 2 to 3 inches *****

One Conus Bitulinus shells, measuring 2 to 3 inches.

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Conus Betulinus common name is the betuline cone.

They are a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails.

These snails like other cohe shells are predatory and venomous, living specimens are capable of stinging humans.

The Bitulinus shell average size varies between 1.5 and 6.5 inches. The color of the shell ranges between yellow orange-brown, to white, with revolving series of spots, and short lines of chocolate upon narrow white bands. The spire is radiated with chocolate. The base of the shell is strongly grooved.

The Bitulinus cone dwell across the Indo-Pacitic and Indo-China region. They have been found in the inter tidal zone to depths of 65 feet.

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Conoidea

Family: Conidae

Genus: Conus

Species: Conus betulinus

Binomial name: Conus Betulinus

Linnaeus, 1758

(REF: Kohn, A. (2013). "Conus betulinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013:)(REF: Conus betulinus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species 2010)(REF: G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences)