Cone Snails Conidae

Cone Snail
Cone Snails
Cone Snails
Cone Snail shells are a conical shape with a flat, raised or pointed spiral apex tapering to a pointed base. They come in an amazing variety of patterns, some elaborately beautiful.
Cone Snails
Cone Snail
Cone Snails
Native mainly to tropical and sub-tropical seas, all Cone Snails are toxic to prey, to predators and to humans.
Virgin Cone Snail The Virgin Cone Snail, native to the Indian and western Pacific Oceans (including Red Sea), is plain creamy white with a purple area at the base. The shell reaches 5-15cm long. Conus virgo
Lettered Cone Snail The Lettered Cone Snail, native to the Indian and Pacific Oceans, has dark marks ressembling writing on a banded cream and yellowish base. The shell reaches 2-18cm long. Conus litteratus
Cone Snail with Bristleworm Cone Snail with Bristleworm.
Striated Cone Snail Striated Cone Snail Conus striatus
Episcopal Mitre Cone Snail There are several "Mitre" Cone Snails, this one being the Episcopal Mitre. Mitra mitra
Episcopal Mitre Cone Snail Episcopal Mitre Cone Snail. Mitra mitra
Cone Snail The live snail protrudes from the thin end.
Hermit Crab with Cone Snail shell Does this ambitious Hermit Crab think the cone shell could be its new home?
empty cone shell Empty cone. They are sometimes misnamed Fighting Conch, a name usually given to Strombus conch species.