Conus auratinus

{{short description|Species of sea snail}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

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| taxon = Conus auratinus

| image = Conus auratinus 001.jpg

| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Conus auratinus

| authority = da Motta, 1982

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kohn, A. | date=2013 |title=Conus auratinus |volume=2013 |page=e.T192432A2094428|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192432A2094428.en |access-date=10 April 2024}}

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| synonyms =

• Conus (Darioconus) auratinus da Motta, 1982 · accepted, alternate representation
• Conus aulicus var. roseus G. B. Sowerby I, 1834 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus roseus Fischer von Waldheim, 1807)
• Darioconus auratinus (da Motta, 1982)

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Conus auratinus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.{{WRMS species|426367|Conus auratinus da Motta, 1982||27 March 2010}}

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.