One Conus Milneedwardsi "Glory of India" measuring 4 to 4.5 inches ****

One Conus Milneedwardsi, measuring 4 to 4.5 inches.

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Commnon name "Glory of India", is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails>

These snails are predatory, venomous and capable of stinging humans.

The size of an adult shell averages between 1 3/4 to 7 1/2 inches. The Milneedwardsi shell is thin and slende with a smooth surface, an acuminate Spire and an angulate shoulder. The color of the shell is white with two chocolate spiral bands on the body whorl. This body whorl shows a pattern of axial reddish brown reticulated lines forming white triangles or quadrangular markings.

Acuminate is an adjective that means tapering to a slender point.

angulate: forming an angle; when two margins meet in an angle.

The Milneedwardsi species are found off Madagascar, off the African coast from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, to the Red Sea; in the China Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Bombay.

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Conoidea

Family: Conidae

Genus: Conus

Species: Conus milneedwardsi

Binomial name: Conus milneedwardsi

Jousseaume, 1894

(REF: Conus milneedwardsi Jousseaume, 1894. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species )(REF: Schmidt, W. & O. Bellec (1994). Findings of some uncommon sea-shells off Madagascar. African Journal of Tropical Hydrobiology and Fisheries)(REF:Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 – 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. )(REF: Tucker J.K. (2009). Recent cone species database. September 4, 2009 Edition)