Common name : Cloth of gold cone
Scientific name : Conus textile
Family : Conidae
Native to : Indo-Pacific Ocean
Interesting fact : The conotoxin produced by them isextremely dangerous to humans.
Conservation status : Least Concern
The textile cone snail is a venomous sea snail that has a yellowish brown shell with longitudinal lines of brown, interrupted by triangular white spaces and a white aperture. It uses a radula to inject conotoxin to kill its prey. The tips of the proboscis have a harpoon-like radular tooth, capable of extending to any part of its own shell.
