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Princely cone
Conus aulicus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215471, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Princely cone
- Scientific
- Conus aulicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 14.8 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 16 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The princely cone has a long shell with white tent-like markings on an orange-brown background. It hunts other snails and is dangerous to handle.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=1).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-aulicus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215471
- inaturalist.org /taxa/136422
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_aulicus_001.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.