Maximum 8 cm

Cream-colored shell with brown spots.

Hunts bristle worms on sandy areas at night.

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Maximum length: 6 cm

In the sand under coral rock.

Eats snails.

Lembeh Strait North Sulawesi

Maximum size: 5 - 10 cm

Depth: 1 - 70 m

The venom of this snail can kill it. Very poisonous!

They are more or less poisonous, some can even be fatal to humans.

Shell Chocolate brown, sometimes orange-brown or olive-brown and mottled white.

Body vertebrae yellowish or orange-brown with rows of maroon dots.

Feeds mainly on bristle worms.

Bangka island North Sulawesi

Maximum size: 3.5 - 8 cm

Depth: 1 - 65 m

Cone snails have a conical shell shape and an operculum.

They are mainly found in shallow water zones, mainly in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

They are more or less poisonous, some can even be fatal to humans.

The body of the ivory cone is medium-sized, firm and heavy.

The basic color is whitish with spiral rows of reddish-brown to black,

square spots or rectangular bars or comma-shaped stripes.

The inside of the case mouth is white.

The upper side of the foot is ivory-colored, occasionally beige on the sides and back.

Like all species of the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and poisonous.

The ivory cone feeds mainly on bristle worms and small fish.

The venom of the cone snails is so strong that it can immediately paralyze and eventually kill its prey.

Bangka island North Sulawesi

Maximum size: 4 - 11 cm

Depth: 0 - 65 m

This species is also very poisonous and can even be fatal to humans!

Bangka island North Sulawesi

Maximum length: 25 cm

Cream-colored to ivory-white body covered with dark brown spots in a spiral.

Bangka Island North Sulawesi

Maximum 6.5 cm

Usually buried in sand or under stones during the day.

At night it hunts bristle worms.

Hurghada Egypt

Maximum size: 3 - 9.5 cm

Depth: 0 - 100 m

Very poisonous!

Bangka island North Sulawesi

Maximum size: 7.5 cm

Depth: 0 - 95 m

Distributed in the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.

Maroon with brown-white spots, although there are also other versions in white,

yellow-brown and pale brown. 

Feeds mainly on fireworms.

Bonaire Caribbean

Maximum size: 12 cm

Depth: 1 - 20 m

Basic color: White to gray, pink or purple shaded in places.

The cone snail hunts mainly at night by crawling up to resting fish and stabbing them with its harpoon.

Its venom takes effect in a matter of seconds and the prey is swallowed within a few seconds.

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Maximum length: 65 mm

Cone snails have a characteristic conical shell.

The operculum is small.

Cone snails are mainly found in tropical waters.

They feed carnivorously and prey on molluscs, worms and fish.

The venom possessed by some species can also be painful or even fatal to humans. 

It is found at depths of up to 20 m and lives on and in the sand in reefs.

Bangka Island North Sulawesi

Maximum: 10 - 15 cm

This species is a beautifully marked but also extremely venomous snail,

which uses its venom to catch its prey.

When it gets close enough to its potential victim, it uses its deadly venom.

Lives in shallow waters, so beware, as with all sea creatures,

the rule is, look yes, never touch!

Some species of this snail genus have such a strong venom

that it can even kill humans.

Photo 2 shows the snail eating another species

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