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Conus maldivus

Species of sea snail From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Conus maldivus
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Conus maldivus, common name the Maldive cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.[2]

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These snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans.

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 83 mm. The shell is encircled by distant revolving lines of small spots. It is sometimes irregularly clouded with white, not forming bands. At other times it is irregularly banded.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Western Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, the Maldives and Sri Lanka.

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