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Livid cone
Conus lividus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215541, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Livid cone
- Scientific
- Conus lividus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 8.1 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 32 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The livid cone has an olive-brown to yellowish shell with a knobby spire and a pale band around the middle. It lives on reef flats and shallow slopes and feeds on worms. It is venomous like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=26); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-lividus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215541
- inaturalist.org /taxa/355685
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lividoconus_lividus_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.