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Feathered cone
Conus pennaceus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215500, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Feathered cone
- Scientific
- Conus pennaceus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cone snails
- Family
- Conidae (cone snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3.5 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
The feathered cone has a shell covered in a fine tent-like pattern of white triangles on a brown background. It hunts other snails. Its relatives, such as the textile cone, have caused human deaths, so it should not be handled.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=33); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=7, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-pennaceus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215500
- inaturalist.org /taxa/432135
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conus_pennaceus_1.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.