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Sand-dusted cone
Conus arenatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215482, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Sand-dusted cone
- Scientific
- Conus arenatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4.2 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 60 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The sand-dusted cone has a white shell covered in fine brown dots like scattered sand grains, with a low, knobby spire. It lives on sand in shallow lagoons and reef flats, often buried. It hunts worms and is venomous, like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=32); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=15, 9 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-arenatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215482
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368545
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_arenatus_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.