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Vermiculate cone
Conus chaldaeus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 430457, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Vermiculate cone
- Scientific
- Conus chaldaeus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 5.9 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The vermiculate cone is a small cone with a white shell covered in wavy black lines. It is common on shallow, wave-exposed reef flats and hunts worms. It is venomous like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-chaldaeus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=430457
- inaturalist.org /taxa/431904
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_chaldaeus_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.