Conus dominicanus

Conus dominicanus, common name the Antilles cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

Conus dominicanus
Two views of a shell of Conus dominicanus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. dominicanus
Binomial name
Conus dominicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Stephanoconus) dominicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation Conus cedonulli dominicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 Conus cedonulli var. dominicanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 (original rank) Tenorioconus dominicanus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 57 mm. The spire is concavely elevated, tuberculate and closely striate. It is nebulously painted with orange-brown, chestnut or chocolate and white, the latter forming usually an interrupted and irregular central band, besides being miscellaneously disposed on other parts of the surface. It is encircled by close narrow brown lines, which are sometimes slightly raised.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Grenada; Grenadines.