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Marble cone
Conus marmoreus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215457, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Marble cone
- Scientific
- Conus marmoreus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 15 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 15 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
The marble cone has a heavy shell with a bold pattern of white, roughly triangular spots on black, and a knobby shoulder. It hunts other snails, and its sting has been dangerous to people. It should never be handled.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=1). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-marmoreus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215457
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_marmoreus_feeding_on_cowrie.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.