Conus granarius

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

Conus granarius
Drawing with an apertural view of Conus granarius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. granarius
Binomial name
Conus granarius Kiener, 1847
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Stephanoconus) granarius Kiener, 1847 accepted, alternate representation Conus catenatus G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus catenatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850; C. desmotus is a replacement name) Conus desmotus Tomlin, 1937 Conus granarius panamicus Petuch, 1990 Conus interstinctus Guppy, R.J.L., 1866 Conus mappa granarius Kiener, 1847 (original description) Conus sanctaemarthae Vink, 1977 Tenorioconus granarius (Kiener, 1847) Tenorioconus panamicus (Petuch, 1990)

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

Description

The size of the shell varies between 23 mm and 71 mm. The spire is concavely elevated and not coronated. The body whorl is smooth and slightly striate below. It is irregularly marbled with chestnut and white, with equidistant chestnut revolving lines bearing white spots that are granularly elevated.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species of cone snail occurs in the Caribbean Sea from Panama to Venezuela; off the Caribbean islands Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire.