About Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758
This species, Conus striatus Linnaeus, 1758, has a large, slim shell that ranges in length from 44 mm to 129 mm. The shell is irregularly clouded with pink-white, chestnut, or chocolate coloring. It features fine, tightly spaced revolving striae, which form the darker ground color through closely arranged colored lines. The pointed spire is tessellated with chestnut or chocolate brown and white. This species has rounded shoulders and deep sutures. Its whorls are slightly channeled, carinate, and striate. The outer lip has a distinct pronounced posterior flare. This species is distributed in the Red Sea; it is found in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra Atoll, Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius, and Tanzania. In the Pacific Ocean, it occurs off the Philippines, Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Thailand, and it is also present in the Hawaiian Islands. The subspecies juliaallaryae additionally occurs in the Persian Gulf.
