Conus venezuelanus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.
Original description: "Shell elongated, tapered, with sharp-angled shoulder; spire elevated, concave along sides; body whorl heavily sculptured with numerous fine spiral threads and sulci; spire whorls sculptured with 3 spiral cords; color white to pale salmon-pink, with 2 bands of dark yellow maculations around mid-body; spire marked with scattered small, brown, crescent-shaped flammules; interior of aperture white; periostracum thin, smooth, translucent yellow."[1]
The maximum recorded shell length is 27 mm.[2]
Locus typicus: "Off Puerto Cabello,
Golfo de Triste, Venezuela."[3]
This species occurs in the Caribbean Seaoff Venezuela.
Minimum recorded depth is 25 m.[2] Maximum recorded depth is 25 m.[2]