About Conus miliaris Hwass, 1792
Adults of this cone snail species have shells that measure between 12 mm and 43 mm in size. The shell's spire is more or less raised, striate, sometimes nearly smooth, and may or may not have tubercles. The body whorl is striate; its striae are usually granular toward the base, and sometimes granular throughout the body whorl. The shell color ranges from yellowish or light chestnut to grayish, with varied clouding of darker chestnut or olive. It often has irregular light bands at the shell's middle and just below the spire, and its striae are ringed with chestnut spots. The shell's interior is chocolate-colored, with a central white band. This species shows considerable variation in spire height and coronation, as well as in the color and pattern of its shell markings. Conus miliaris has a wide distribution and is apparently common across its range. It occurs in tropical to subtropical shallow water environments, extending from the Red Sea and the eastern shores of Africa in the western Indian Ocean (including Aldabra, Chagos, Kenya, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Tanzania) to Easter Island and Sala y Gómez in the southeastern Pacific. It is not found off the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas Islands, or Hawaii, and also occurs off Australia in New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.
