- English Common Name
- Striated Cone
- Scientific name
- Conus striatus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Hypsogastropoda, Family: Conidae
- Size
- About 7.5 cm
- Species Distribution
- Amami Group and southward
- Its barrel-shaped shell has a wide mouth. The surface of the shell has fine lines with mottle patterns. This species attacks pray such as fish to feed on by using a harpoon with developed radular teeth, which is teeth-like organ in its mouth.
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Announcement from Okinawa prefecture about hazardous marine life.
- Updated September 2018
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