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Sunday 2 May 2010

Marbled Cone Snail

Conus marmoreus, common name the "marbled cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. This is an Indo-Pacific species.This snail is venomous, like all cone snails. It possesses the most toxic venom of all snail species. It is also among the 5 most venomous animals in the world, all of which may be found in Australia.

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