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Conus araneosus
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Apertural view of Conus araneosus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Synonyms
  • Conus (Conus) araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786 accepted, alternate representation
  • Conus arachnoideus Gmelin, 1791
  • Conus arachnoideus bizonata (f) Crosse, H., 1858
  • Conus araneosus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
  • Conus cassis "Meuschen, F.C." Dillwyn, L.W., 1817
  • Conus monstrosus Küster, 1838
  • Conus peplum G. B. Sowerby II, 1857
  • Conus reticulatus Perry, 1811
  • Cucullus arenosus Röding, 1798
  • Cucullus stercusmuscarum Röding, 1798

Conus araneosus, common name the cobweb cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

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.

Subspecies
  • Conus araneosus araneosus [Lightfoot], 1786
  • Conus araneosus nicobaricus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792


Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 48 mm and 100mm. The shell is very closely reticulated with white and light chestnut, the white spots crowded and irregular in size, the chestnut lines forming two interrupted, irregular bands.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Tanzania, in the Indian Ocean off India and Sri Lanka and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Indonesia.

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