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| Marbled Cone |
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. marmoreus
Scientific name: Conus marmoreus
The Marbled Cone is a species which is believed to feed mostly on marine mollusks including other cone snails. As is the case with all cone snails this animal is highly venomous. In this species, the shell color can range from black with white dots, to orange with white reticulations, so arranged as to expose the white in rounded triangular large spots. This species occurs in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and Madagascar, in the Bay of Bengal along India; in the western part of the Pacific Ocean to Fiji and the Marshall Islands.
Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn famously made paintings and wood carvings of this animal during the 17th century. At adulthood, its shell is typically around two to three inches
in length.
Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn famously made paintings and wood carvings of this animal during the 17th century. At adulthood, its shell is typically around two to three inches
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