Conus textile, the textile cone or cloth of gold cone, is a venomous species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. Textile cone snails live mostly in the Indian Ocean, along the eastern coast of Africa and around Australia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
Venomous. The note covers its whole genus. Cone snails; conotoxins, several species have killed people Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Conus archiepiscopus — venomous
- Conus omaria — venomous
- Conus purus — venomous
- Conus victoriae — venomous
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Conidae
- Genus
- Conus
- Species
- Conus textile
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