Conus tenuilineatus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus tenuilineatus Rolan, E.M. & D. Rockel, 2001
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. tenuilineatus
Binomial name
Conus tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Lautoconus) tenuilineatus Rolán & Röckel, 2001 · accepted, alternate representation Varioconus tenuilineatus (Rolán & Röckel, 2001)

Conus tenuilineatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging and injecting humans with their jagged spear-like tooth after extending a tubular proboscis. This venom induces paralyzing effects, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.^[2]

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 29 mm, and are of least concern regarding extinction (2001)

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (December 2015)

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Angola.

• Rolán E. & Röckel D. 2001. The endemic Conus of Angola. 2. Description of three new species. Iberus 19(2): 57–66.
• Puillandre, N.; Duda, T.F.; Meyer, C.; Olivera, B.M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). "One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476. PMID 26300576.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus tenuilineatus.

• The Conus Biodiversity website
• Cone Shells – Knights of the Sea
• "Varioconus tenuilineatus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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