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Conus cone snail (no English common name)
Conus tulipa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215503, checked 2026-10-31).
Possibly present in the Maldives
- English
- Conus cone snail (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Conus tulipa
- 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)
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
- Record in the Maldives
- Possibly present
Description
This species has a thin, swollen shell with a wide opening, mottled in pink, lilac, brown and white. It hunts small fish and its sting is dangerous to people. It should never be handled.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3). Only one kind of evidence was found, so it is listed as possibly present.
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Conus-tulipa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215503
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Conustulipa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.