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Black-and-white cone snail
Conus ebraeus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215436, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Black-and-white cone snail
- Scientific
- Conus ebraeus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6.2 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 3 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A small, sturdy cone with a white shell marked with squarish black blotches in rows. It is common on shallow reef flats and rocky shores, where it hunts worms at night. Like all cone snails it is venomous and should not be handled.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=17); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=21, 12 observers); SeaLifeBase Maldives checklist.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-ebraeus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215436
- inaturalist.org /taxa/84257
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:CONEHEBRAIQUE.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.