One Conus Striatus shell measuring 3 to 4 inches. *****

One Conus Striatus shells, measuring 3 to 4 inches.

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Conus striatus, common name the striated cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails. These snails are predatory and venomous. They are piscivorous (eat fish).

These are relatively large, slim shells that vary in length between 1 3/4 to 5 1/4 inches. they are irregularly clouded with pink-white and chestnut or chocolate, with fine close revolving striae, forming the darker ground-color by close colored lines. The pointed spire is tessellated with chestnut or chocolate brown and white. Its shoulders are rounded and its sutures deep. The whorls are slightly channeled, carinate and striate. The outer lip shows a pronounced posterior flare.

These species dwell in the Red Sea, across the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), New Zealand, New Caledonia and Thailand. They are also found in the Hawaiian island chain.

Scientific classification

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Caenogastropoda

Order: Neogastropoda

Superfamily: Conoidea

Family: Conidae

Genus: Conus

Species: Conus striatus

Binomial name: Conus striatus

Linnaeus, 1758

(REF: Duda, T. (2013). "Conus striatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013)

(REF: Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010)

(REF:Gillett, K. & McNeill, F. 1959. The Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Isles: a comprehensive survey for visitor, naturalist and photographer. Sydney : Coral Press)

(REF: Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks)