Conus aristophanes
Conus aristophanes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 47 mm. The shell is violaceous gray, somewhat clouded with pink-white. The revolving lines are milk-white, interrupted by chestnut short dashes and spots. The interior of the aperture is chocolate, with a central white band. spire is more or less raised, striate or sometimes nearly smooth, with or without tubercles. The body whorl is striate, the striae usually granulous towards the base, and sometimes throughout.
Range & habitat
This marine species occurs off the Philippines; Papua New Guinea, Tahiti and Fiji; also off Mozambique.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 809432.