Tessellate Cone

Q: Where can you find Tessellate Cone?

Tessellate Cone can be found in: Egypt East, Laccadive Islands, Mariana Islands, Cocos Island, Australia West, Saudi Arabia West, Oman North, Malaysia East, Costa Rica, Taiwan, Easter Island, Malpelo Island, Costa Rica West, Australia North, Marshall Islands, Malaysia West, Galapagos, Pacific East, Colombia West, Somalia East, Vanuatu, Sudan, Brunei, China, Ecuador, Myanmar, Eritrea, Australia, Chile, Hong Kong, Kenya, Qatar, India, Israel, Mexico West, Japan South, India East, India West, Thailand East, Thailand West, Panama West, Israel South, Saudi Arabia East, Oman, Oman East, Somalia North, Australia East, Nicaragua West, Guatemala West, Honduras South, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Vietnam, Seychelles, Cambodia, Indo-Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Iraq, South Korea, Bangladesh, Polynesia, Singapore, Tanzania, Malaysia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Honduras, Red Sea, Japan, Indonesia, Chagos Islands, Mexico, Mozambique, Jordan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Micronesia, Egypt, Tonga and Samoa, Yemen, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar, Kiribati, Pakistan, Djibouti, El Salvador, Iran South, United Arab Emirates, Comoros, North Korea, Fiji, Thailand, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Pacific Ocean, Colombia, Somalia, Nicaragua, Guatemala.

Conus tessulatus

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

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.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 82 mm. The top is rather flat with a rather pointed spire and rounded shoulders. The ground color of the shell is white, covered with bands red, chestnut or orange squares and rectangles. The base of the shell is sometimes tinged with violet.

Distribution

Conus tessulatus has perhaps the largest range of any known species of Cone snail. Its habitat ranges from the east coast of Africa across the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean to the west coast of Central America from Western Mexico to Costa Rica; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)