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Beech cone
Conus betulinus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215517, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Beech cone
- Scientific
- Conus betulinus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 17.5 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The beech cone is a large, heavy, yellow to orange cone with rows of small dark spots. It lives on sand in lagoons and hunts worms. It is venomous like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-betulinus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215517
- inaturalist.org /taxa/431870
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_betulinus_(beech_cone_snail_shell)_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.