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Geography cone
Conus geographus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215499, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Geography cone
- Scientific
- Conus geographus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 16.6 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 6 to 17 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The geography cone has a thin, broad shell with a wide opening, patterned in brown and white like a map. It hunts small fish at night, catching them with a venom-loaded harpoon. It is the most dangerous cone snail: its sting has killed people. It must never be handled, even when the shell looks empty.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=9, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-geographus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215499
- inaturalist.org /taxa/136427
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus-geographicus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.