Sea slugs & snails
Striate Cone
Conus striatus
Also known as: Cone, Cone Shell, Cone Snail, Striated Cone, Striated Cone Shell
ALSO KNOWN AS
- Cone
- Cone Shell
- Cone Snail
- Striated Cone
- Striated Cone Shell
LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2026
VenomousKeep your distance
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Overview
Found during the day under dead corals, on sandy areas, emerging at night, hunting for food over shallow reef areas.
They feed nocturnally on fish.
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.
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How to identify
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Habitat & where to find it
- Range · Indo-Pacific
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LIVES IN
Found during the day under dead corals, on sandy areas, emerging at night, hunting for food over shallow reef areas.
RANGE
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More in the family
Sea Snails (Conidae)



