Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Conus magnificus | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Conus episcopatus, Conus cylindraceus, Conus josephinae, Conus armadillo, Conus mitratus | ||
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.
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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)
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.
References
Conus magnificus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA