title: Conus colombianus
text: # 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 (anterior of) mid-body; brown flammules and white blotches run through 4 lines and extend over anterior tip; body whorl above (posterior of) 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.
  
  