Conus marmoreus
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| Conus marmoreus (Marbled Cone) | ||||||||||||||||
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 Conus marmoreus feeding on Cypraea caputserpensis.
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| Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Conus marmoreus or Marbled Cone is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, more popularly known as a cone snail, cone shell or cone.
Also see Cone snail.
[edit] Distribution
This is an Indo-Pacific species.
[edit] Shell description
The shell color can range from black with white dots to orange with white patterns.
 Conus marmoreus from Index Testarum Conchyliorum (1742) by Niccolò Gualtieri |
 Conus marmoreus shell after cleaning |
[edit] External links
- Conus marmoreus -Information on this species
- Cone Snail Species - More information on Conus marmoreus
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