# Conus cuneolus
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{{Short description|Species of sea snail}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| taxon = Conus cuneolus
| image = Conus cuneolus 1.jpg
| image2 = Conus cuneolus 2.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural and abapertural views of [shell](/source/gastropod_shell) of ''Conus cuneolus'' Reeve, L.A., 1844
| status = EN
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = [{{cite iucn |author=Tenorio, M.J. |date=2012 |title=''Conus cuneolus'' |volume=2012 |article-number=e.T192403A2088649 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T192403A2088649.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}]
| authority = [Reeve](/source/Lovell_Augustus_Reeve), 1843
| synonyms_ref = [{{WRMS species|224821|''Conus cuneolus'' Reeve, 1843||7 December 2018}}]
Like all species within the genus ''Conus'', these snails are [predatory](/source/predatory) and [venomous](/source/venomous). They are capable of [stinging](/source/stinging) humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
==Description==
The size of the shell varies between 17 mm and 33 mm. The shell is shortly turbinated, wide at the shoulder, and somewhat inflated. Its color is chestnut- or chocolate-brown, with small white maculations, forming an obscure band at the shoulder, and another below the middle, as well as somewhat scattered over the rest of the surface, including the convex [spire](/source/Spire_(mollusc)).
==Distribution==
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the [Cape Verdes](/source/Cape_Verdes), where it is restricted to the southwestern part of the island of [Sal](/source/Sal%2C_Cape_Verde).