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Conus tristensis
Conus tristensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[1] These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans. DescriptionOriginal description: "Shell stocky with compressed body, wide across shoulder and tapering rapidly toward anterior end; shoulder sharply angled, slightly carinated; spire low, flattened; body whorl sculptured with 18 prominent, raised spiral cords; spiral cords pustulated; spire whorls sculptured with six incised spiral sulci; shell color pure white with small, scattered pale orange-brown flammules; spire whorls with regularly-spaced, amorphous brown flammules; early whorls pale orange; periostracum thick, with rows of erect hairs that correspond to raised, pustulated cords on body whorl."[2] The size of the shell varies between 29 mm and 37 mm. DistributionLocus typicus: "Off Tucacas, Carabobo, Golfo de Triste, Venezuela."[3] This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia and Venezuela. References
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