Description

Also known as Cigarette Snail, Cone, Cone Shell, Cone Snail, Geography Cone, Geographic Cone Snail.

Found during the day in sediment, over rubble and sand of shallow coral reefs.
They feed nocturnally on fish.
Length - 15cm
Depth - 0-20m
Widespread Indo-Pacific

Conids have smooth cone shaped shells often very colourful.
They kill their prey by discharging their proboscis at great speed like a harpoon, then a venom is released and so paralysing their victim.
Extremely venomous to humans, may cause death, should not be handled!!
NO ANTI-VENOM!! Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_geographus