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Tiger cone
Conus canonicus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215546, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Tiger cone
- Scientific
- Conus canonicus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
The tiger cone has a shell patterned with white tent-like triangles on a reddish-brown background. It hunts other snails and is venomous. Related tent-patterned cones have caused human deaths, so it should not be handled.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=12); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-canonicus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215546
- inaturalist.org /taxa/431893
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_canonicus_002.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.