Conus magnificus

Conus magnificus, common name the "magnificent cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.^[1]

Conus magnificus
Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus magnificus Reeve, L.A., 1843
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. magnificus
Binomial name
Conus magnificus Reeve, 1843
Synonyms[1]
Conus (Darioconus) magnificus Reeve, 1843 · accepted, alternate representation Darioconus magnificus (Reeve, 1843)

The subspecies Conus magnificus macilentus Lauer, 1989is a synonym of Conus episcopatus da Motta, 1982

Distribution

This is a marine Indo-Pacific species, excluding Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland). It is a species common to Vietnam and Southeast Asia. Some specimens are seen in French Polynesia and in the Northern Red Sea, but they are considered rare.

Shell description

The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 92 mm. The shell is intricately marked with a white ground color overlaid with brown to red brown.