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Ivory Cone
H. Zell, CC BY-SA 4.0, via iNaturalist

Snails & slugs

Ivory Cone

Conus eburneus Hwass, 1792

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishIvory Cone
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese象牙芋螺
Scientific nameConus eburneus Hwass, 1792

About this species

Conus eburneus, common name the ivory cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of stinging humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

There is one subspecies: Conus eburneus crassus G. B. Sowerby II, 1858 represented as Conus eburneus.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
OrderNeogastropoda
FamilyConidae
GenusConus

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