Conus flavescens



Conus flavescens, common name the flame cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

There is one subspecies: Conus flavescens caribbaeus Clench, 1942 (synonyms: Conus caribbaeus Clench, 1942, Gradiconus flavescens caribbaeus (Clench, 1942) , Tuckericonus caribbaeus (Clench, 1942) , Tuckericonus flavescens caribbaeus (Clench, 1942) )

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.

Distribution
Locus typicus: "Sowerby (1858) gave South Australia as the type locality which is incorrect.

Clench (1942) suggested that "the original specimens may have come from the Bahamas".

This area is here selected Locus typicus."

This marine species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico off Florida, USA, the Greater Antilles and off the Bahamas.

Description
The maximum recorded shell length is 25 mm. The smooth shell is grooved towards the base. Its color is yellowish, variegated with large irregular white blotches, arranged mostly just below the shoulder angle, and below the middle of the body whorl, so as to form two interrupted bands.

Habitat
Minimum recorded depth is 0 m. Maximum recorded depth is 122 m.

Gallery
Below are several color forms: