17cm snail

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I found a 17cm long , snail (house) - diameter is 10cm, Fuerteventura, Canary Island. Can anyone tell me what kind of snail is it ? Google and ChatGPT didn't help :(
Thanks a lot !

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I don't see the curved flutes that conch have at the front.

This looks like a cone snail to me - fascinating and good looking snails, but venomous. Some of them are _extremely_ venomous!

Exercise caution if the animal is alive!

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I found a 17cm long , snail (house) - diameter is 10cm, Fuerteventura, Canary Island. Can anyone tell me what kind of snail is it ? Google and ChatGPT didn't help :(
Thanks a lot !

conesnail1.jpg conesnail2.jpg
Possible cone which causes paralysis in anything it encounters and sundial snail
 

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