Conus eburneus

Conus eburneus, common name the ivory cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[3]

Conus eburneus
A shell of Conus eburneus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. eburneus
Binomial name
Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792[2]
Synonyms[3]
Conus (Tesselliconus) eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 accepted, alternate representation Conus alternatus Link, H.F., 1807 Conus crassus Sowerby ii, 1857 Conus polyglotta Weinkauff, 1874 Conus quadratulus Röding, 1798 Lithoconus eburneus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) Lithoconus eburneus quadratulus (f) Röding, P.F., 1798 Tesselliconus eburneus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792)

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

There is one subspecies: Conus eburneus crassus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 represented as Conus eburneus.

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 79 mm. The shell is white, usually with two or three light yellowish bands, marked with very dark brown revolving spots.^[4]

Distribution

This marine species is found in the tropical Indo-West Pacific from the coast of East Africa (off Madagascar and Chagos) to Australia (the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia), Polynesia and the Ryukyu Islands (but not along Hawaii)