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Coronated cone
Conus coronatus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215446, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Coronated cone
- Scientific
- Conus coronatus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4.8 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
A small cone with a knobby, crown-like spire and a mottled brown, grey and white shell. It is common on shallow reef flats and rocky shores and hunts worms. It is venomous like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=14); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-coronatus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215446
- inaturalist.org /taxa/328677
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Miliariconus_coronatus_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.