Conus textile
Conus textile, the textile cone or the cloth of gold cone is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. Textile cone snails live mostly in the Indian Ocean, along the eastern coast of Africa and around Australia. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all. Based on a report in 2004, about 30 human deaths have been attributed to cone snails. In 2021, a teen nearly died after picking up a live textile cone. List of synonyms Conus (Cylinder) textile Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation Conus archiepiscopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cholmondeleyi Melvill, 1900 Conus communis Swainson, 1840 Cylinder concatenatus Kiener, 1845 Conus corbula G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Conus dilectus Gould, 1850 Conus euetrios G. B. Sowerby III, 1882 Conus eumitus Tomlin, 1926 Conus panniculus Lamarck, 1810 Conus reteaureum Perry, 1811 Conus sirventi Fenaux, 1943 Conus suzannae van Rossum, 1990 Conus textile archiepiscopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus textile dahlakensis da Motta, 1982 Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III Conus textile var. loman Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus quercinus var. ponderosa G.B. Sowerby, 1858) Conus textilinus Kiener, 1847 (synonym of Conus textile archiepiscopus) Conus tigrinus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Conus undulatus [Lightfoot], 1786 Conus verriculum Reeve, 1843 Cucullus auratus Röding, 1798 Cucullus auriger Röding, 1798 Cucullus gloriamaris Röding, 1798 Cylinder gloriamaris Perry, 1810 Cylindrus panniculus Lamarck, 1810 Cylindrus scriptus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Cylindrus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932 Cylindrus tigrinus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 Cylindrus verriculum Reeve, 1843 Cylindrus aurelius Röding, 1798 Cylindrus auriger Röding, 1798 Cylindrus gloriamaris Röding, 1798 Cylindrus textilis osullivani Iredale, 1931 Cylindrus textilis Cylinder textile (Linnaeus, 1758) Darioconus textilis Darioconus textilis osullivani Iredale, 1931 Subspecies Conus textile neovicarius da Motta, 1982 Conus textile vaulberti Lorenz, 2012 (Mauritius) Conus textile archiepiscopus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 : synonym of Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 Conus textile dahlakensis da Motta, 1982 : synonym of Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 Conus textile var. abbreviata Dautzenberg, 1937: synonym of Conus ammiralis Linnaeus, 1758 Conus textile var. euetrios G. B. Sowerby III : synonym of Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 Conus textile var. loman Dautzenberg, 1937 : synonym of Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 Conus textile var. ponderosa Dautzenberg, 1932 : synonym of Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758 Conus textile var. sulcata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 : synonym of Conus retifer Menke, 1829 Shell description Typical length of adults is about 9 cm to 10 cm (3.5 in to 3.9 in). The maximum shell length for this species is 15 cm (5.9 in). The color pattern of its shell resembles a cellular automaton named Rule 30. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with undulating longitudinal lines of chocolate, interrupted by triangular white spaces. These last are irregularly disposed, but crowded at