Conus magnificus
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Conus magnificus

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

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Appearance

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.

Distribution

Geography

This is a marine Indo-Pacific species, excluding Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland)

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References

1. Conus magnificus Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conus_magnificus
2. Conus magnificus on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/192573/2118776

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