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Cone snails are typically not aggressive, so when humans are stung by them it's usually due to handling the snails. Cone snails have a small dagger like tooth that injects their prey with a "rapid-acting venom". [3] Mild stings feel similar to a bee sting with a burning or stinging sensation.
Cone snails have a large variety of shell colors and patterns, with local varieties and color forms of the same species often occurring. This variety in color and pattern has led to the creation of a large number of known synonyms and probable synonyms, making it difficult to give an exact taxonomic assignment for many snails in this genus.
One known predator of the dog conch is the cloth-of-gold cone snail, Conus textile. During the 19th century, strombid gastropods were believed to be carnivores. This erroneous conception was based on the writings of French naturalist Jean Baptiste Lamarck, whose classification scheme grouped strombids with carnivorous sea snails. [32]
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Conus chaldaeus, common name the Chaldean cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2] 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.
Conus coelinae, common name Celine's cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [2] Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, [citation needed] therefore live ones should be handled carefully or ...
Conus abrolhosensis 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.
Conus purpurascens, common name the purple cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. [1] 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.