Conus laterculatus
Encyclopedia
Conus laterculata is a species of sea snail
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species with the superfamily Conoidea
, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
The shell is distantly channeled throughout, the interstices usually plane, sometimes minutely granular. The channels are narrow, longitudinally striated. The spire
is much elevated, acuminated, striate, sometimes obscurely minutely coronated. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with
light chestnut longitudinal short irregular lines, and clouds of the same color forming three obscure interrupted bands.
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species with the superfamily Conoidea
Conoidea
Conoidea is a superfamily of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks within the suborder Hypsogastropoda. This superfamily is a very large group of marine mollusks, estimated at about 340 recent valid genera and subgenera, and considered by one authority to contain 4,000 named living species...
, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 33 mm and 64 mm.The shell is distantly channeled throughout, the interstices usually plane, sometimes minutely granular. The channels are narrow, longitudinally striated. The spire
Spire (mollusc)
A spire is a descriptive term for part of the coiled shell of mollusks. The word is a convenient aid in describing shells, but it does not refer to a very precise part of shell anatomy: the spire consists of all of the whorls except for the body whorl...
is much elevated, acuminated, striate, sometimes obscurely minutely coronated. The color of the shell is yellowish brown, with
light chestnut longitudinal short irregular lines, and clouds of the same color forming three obscure interrupted bands.