Conus colombianus
Conus colombianus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.
Description
Original description: "Shell small for genus, stocky, broad across shoulder; spire low, flattened; shoulder sharp-angled; body whorl smooth, with 10 small spiral cords around the anterior end; spire with 4 spiral threads; shell pale yellow with 4 closely-spaced brown lines around body whorl just below mid-body; brown flammules and white blotches run through 4 lines and extend over anterior tip; body whorl above mid-body line without markings or pattern; spire marked with large, evenly-spaced orange-tan flammules; spire flammules extend onto sharp edge of shoulder, giving shoulder checkered appearance; interior of aperture white."The size of the shell varies between 22.5 mm and 57 mm.
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Off Islas del Rosario, Colombia."This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea off Colombia.