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Leopard cone
Conus leopardus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215464, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Leopard cone
- Scientific
- Conus leopardus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 22 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The leopard cone is a large, heavy, white cone with rows of dark spots and a flat spire. It lives on sand in lagoons and on reef flats and feeds on worms. It is venomous like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=10); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-leopardus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215464
- inaturalist.org /taxa/84255
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_leopardus_003.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.