
Textile cone
A species of Cone shells Scientific name : Conus textile Genus : Cone shells
Textile cone, A species of Cone shells
Botanical name: Conus textile
Genus: Cone shells
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Conus textile, the textile cone or the 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.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.Several human deaths have been attributed to this species of snail. Based on a report in 2004, about 30 human deaths to cone snails. In 2021, a teen nearly died after picking up the shell of Conus textile.
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Scientific Classification

Phylum
Molluscs Class
Snails and slugs Order
Neogastropod snails Family
Cone snails Genus
Cone shells Species
Textile cone