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The captain cone
Conus capitaneus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215525, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- The captain cone
- Scientific
- Conus capitaneus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.6 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 69 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2023
Description
The captain cone has a yellowish-brown shell with a pale band and rows of dark spots, and a dark band near the base. It lives on reef flats and in lagoons, where it 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=6, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-capitaneus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215525
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368165
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_capitaneus.shell001.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.