Conus coelinae

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]

Conus coelinae
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus coelinae Crosse, H., 1858
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. coelinae
Binomial name
Conus coelinae Crosse, 1858
Synonyms[2]
Conus (Virgiconus) coelinae Crosse, 1858 accepted, alternate representation Conus pseudocoelinae Delsaerdt, 1989 Virgiconus coelinae (Crosse, 1858)

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 not at all.

The former subspecies Conus coelinae spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943 has been elevated to the status of genus Conus spiceri Bartsch & Rehder, 1943

Description

The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 128 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii and the Philippines; off the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands, New Zealand and Australia (Queensland)