Glory of the sea cone
PiztgadasThe Glory of the Sea Cone is a sea snail with a striking shell, part of the cone snail family. It lives in the warm waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is special because collectors once thought it was the rarest shell in the world.1

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- A relatively large, slender shell with a tall spire1
- Typical shell length is 8 to 12 cm, and it can reach 16 cm1
- A fine net-like pattern of orange-brown lines that enclose triangular spaces1
- Two or three bands of chestnut, hieroglyphic-like markings across the body1
- Tan colouring that can range from light golden to deep dark brown1
Savens confundì cun: It is sometimes confused with the common Textile cone, and it has a similarity to the Bengal cone.1
Forza dal tissi
Il tissi vegn or tras in aguigl.
Quant privlus è el per umans?
Privel per umans: GravIna piztgada sto vegnir tractada dad in medi. Cas da mort èn fitg rars.
Sch'el piztga
- Immobilisaziun cun squitsch: envolva ina bandascha elastica ferma sur la morsa e lura vi da l'entir member ensi, fixescha el cun ina stecca e tegna la persuna dal tut immobila, fin che l'agid arriva.
- In polip cun anels blaus u ina lindorna conica po far che ina persuna na respira betg pli, entant ch'ella è anc dasda: clama agid e sajas pront da dar respiraziun artifiziala, fin che l'equipa da l'ambulanza surpiglia.
Clama adina l'emprim tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911). Quai è in cussegl general d'emprim agid, betg in cussegl medicinal. Basa da l'emprim agid
Resta en segirezza
- Na tutga, na piglia e na tizza mai in animal selvadi, gnanc in pitschen, ed era sch'el para da durmir u d'esser mort.
- Dà spazi a l'animal. Sche ti scuntras in, resta calm, va plaun enavos e lascha ir el per sia via.
- Sch'in tal animal ta piztga: resta calm, na ta mova betg, clama tes numer d'urgenza (112, 000, 911) u va spert en in ospital. Ta regorda co ch'el veseva or, ina foto gida.
El n'ha betg quai sin tai. El dovra ses tissi per pigliar nutriment u per sa defender, e sa zuppa bler pli gugent. Dapli davart la segirezza
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Quant svelt è el?
Fatgs
For about two centuries, this shell was regarded as the rarest shell in the world.1
Specimens were once valued in the thousands of U.S. dollars and were generally owned only by museums and wealthy private collectors.1
Today, shells can often be found from retailers or online auction sites for less than $100 U.S.1
Its habitat was not discovered until 1969.1
Improvements in diving technology, such as scuba, led to the discovery of far more shells.1
Destructur da mits
Mit: A collector bought one at auction in 1792 and destroyed it to keep the value of another one he owned.
Vardad: This is an urban legend, a popular story that has spread among collectors. It is not an established fact.1
Da nua che vegnan ils fatgs
- Conus gloriamaris (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Conus gloriamaris (iNaturalist): nums e classificaziun.
- Venom Wiki: il stgalim da privel, la grondezza tipica e la stima da la sveltezza èn noss agens. Guarda co che nus als calculain: Co che nus valitain il privel.
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