A live individual of Conus textile, head end towards the right
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Caenogastropoda
Order:
Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Conidae
Genus:
Conus
Species:
C. textile
Binomial name
Conus textile
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
See "List of synonyms"
Apertural view of Conus textile textile forma archiepiscopus
Conus textile, the textile cone or the cloth of gold cone[3] 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.[4]
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. Based on a report in 2004, about 30 human deaths have been attributed to cone snails.[5] In 2021, a teen nearly died after picking up a live textile cone.[6]
^Duda, T. (2013). "Conus textile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192316A2071675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192316A2071675.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^"World Register of Marine Species". Conus textile Linnaeus, 1758. 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^"Conus textile". Archived from the original on July 17, 2003. Retrieved August 19, 2016.
^Peters, Howard; O'Leary, Bethan C.; Hawkins, Julie P.; Carpenter, Kent E.; Roberts, Callum M. (2013-12-23). "Conus: First Comprehensive Conservation Red List Assessment of a Marine Gastropod Mollusc Genus". PLOS ONE. 8 (12): e83353. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...883353P. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083353. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 3871662. PMID 24376693.
^Nelson, Laura (2004-06-01). "One slip, and you're dead..." Nature. 429 (6994): 798–799. doi:10.1038/429798a. ISSN 1476-4687. PMID 15215832. S2CID 1698214.
^"Teen nearly dies after holding venomous "shell" that can kill 700 people". Newsweek. 2021-04-27. Retrieved 2021-12-05.
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the result of a diffusion-mediated chemical cellular automaton, like Conustextile's.[citation needed] The shell is white on the inside. It is sometimes...
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feedback loop. Chaos: shell of gastropod mollusc the cloth of gold cone, Conustextile, resembles Rule 30 cellular automaton Flow: vortex street of clouds...
responses of three herbivorous gastropods to the predatory gastropod Conustextile". Animal Behaviour. 14 (2–3): 340–345. doi:10.1016/s0003-3472(66)80094-5...
25 mm and 70 mm. The appearance of the shell is closely related to Conustextile, but it has much smaller reticulations, more completely covering the...
species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Conustextile var. legatus) Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite des espèces du genre...
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gastropod genus Conus, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34:257-272. T.F. Duda, Jr. & E. Rolan (2005), Explosive radiation of Cape Verde Conus, a marine...
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