Sea slugs & snails
Ivory Cone
Conus eburneus
Also known as: Cone, Cone Shell, Eburneus Cone, Hebrew Cone Shell, Ivory Cone Shell
ALSO KNOWN AS
- Cone
- Cone Shell
- Eburneus Cone
- Hebrew Cone Shell
- Ivory Cone Shell
LCLeast ConcernIUCN Red List, 2026
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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
- Pattern
- brown spotsspots
- Body shape
- shells
- Behaviour
- buries in sandnocturnal
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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.
RANGE
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Adult photos 1
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ALL STAGES
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More in the family
Sea Snails (Conidae)



