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Sea slugs & snails

Ivory Cone

Conus eburneus

Also known as: Cone, Cone Shell, Eburneus Cone, Hebrew Cone Shell, Ivory Cone Shell

LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2026
Adult
@greatwhite · Rarotonga, Cook Islands · August 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found half buried, or on shallow, sandy bottoms, of sub-tidal reef flats.
They feed nocturnally on fish and worms.

Conids have smooth cone shaped shells often very colourful.
They kill their prey by discharging their proboscis at great speed like a harpoon, then a venom is released and so paralysing their victim.
Extremely venomous to humans, may cause death, should not be handled.
NO ANTI-VENOM.

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How to identify

Body shape
shells

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-West Pacific
  • Country only · 1
LIVES IN

Found half buried, or on shallow, sandy bottoms, of sub-tidal reef flats.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumMollusca
    3. classGastropoda
    4. orderNeogastropoda
    5. familyConidae
    6. genusConus
    7. speciesConus eburneus Hwass, 1792

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

    Sea Snails (Conidae)