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 27 mm and 55 mm. The color of the shell varies from light chestnut to dark chocolate, with indistinct darker revolving lines, irregularly marbled throughout with white. The spire and lower part of the body whorl are striate.[3]
Lamarck, J. B. P. A., 1810. Description des espèces du genre Cône. Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 15: 263–292
Kohn, A.J. (1981). "Type specimens and identity of the described species of Conus VI. The species described 1801–1810". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 71 (3): 279–341. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01134.x.