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Nussatella cone
Conus nussatella
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215434, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Nussatella cone
- Scientific
- Conus nussatella
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9.5 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 1 to 17 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A slim, cylindrical cone with a white to pinkish shell covered in rows of small orange-brown dots and fine ridges. It lives on reefs and sand. It is venomous like all cone snails and should not be handled.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=10, 7 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-nussatella.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215434
- inaturalist.org /taxa/432113
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Hermes_nussatella_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.