title: Conus maculiferus
text: # Conus maculiferus
  
  Conus maculiferus 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
  
  The size of the shell attains 30 mm. The shell is wide, with a short spire and slightly coronate. Its color is yellowish white with two revolving series of irregular longitudinal chestnut markings, which are sometimes partially connected one with another in each series.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs in the Red Sea.
  
  