Conus tenuistriatus

Conus tenuistriatus, common name the thin-line cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Conus tenuistriatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus tenuistriatus Sowerby, G.B. II, 1858
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. tenuistriatus
Binomial name
Conus tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Leporiconus) tenuistriatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 · accepted, alternate representation Conus glans var. tenuigranulata Dautzenberg, 1937 Gastridium tenuistriatus Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975 Leporiconus tenuistriatus (G. B. Sowerby II, 1858)

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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 68 mm. The shell is encircled throughout with fine striae, which are sometimes granular. Its color is violaceous or brown, with a few lighter spots on the spire, and usually a light irregular band below the middle of the body whorl. The aperture is violaceous. The shell has many of the characteristics of Conus glans Hwass in Bruguière, 1792^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean (not Red Sea); from the Philippines and Indonesia to Papua New Guinea, off French Polynesia and the Marshall Islands; off Western Australia.