Chris Mattison / Textile cone shell (Conus textile) on beach, a highly venomous species, Borneo.

Franco Banfi / Textile cone shell (Conus textile) Walindi, West New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Ocean

Paul D Stewart / Three shells of different species of large predatory cone shells which are highly venomous but potentially have powerful painkillling properties; from the top: the Geography cone (Conus geographicus)...

Paul D Stewart / Three shells of different species of large predatory cone shells which are highly venomous but potentially have powerful painkillling properties; from the top: the Geography cone (Conus geographicus)...

Chris Mattison / Textile cone shell (Conus textile) shell, highly venomous species.

Fred Bavendam / Textile Cone (Conus textile) snail, highly toxic, Bali, Indonesia

Doug Perrine / Textile cone hunting at night {Conus textile} Papua New Guinea

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Cloth-of-gold cone (Conus textile) portrait, The National Aquarium, Abu Dhabi. Captive, occurs in Indian Ocean..

Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Red Sea textile cone shell (Conus neovicarius) portrait, from the Gulf of Oman. Captive.