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Ermine cone
Conus mustelinus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215445, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Ermine cone
- Scientific
- Conus mustelinus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10.7 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The ermine cone has a yellow to orange-brown shell with a pale band and rows of dark dashes. It lives on reef flats and hunts worms. It is venomous like all cones.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=12); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-mustelinus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215445
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368871
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Rhizoconus_mustelinus_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.