False Virgin Cone
Conus emaciatus
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Conidae
- Genus
- Conus
Where to Find
Found in 24 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Grand Lagoon, New Caledonia - 7 records
- Kadavu & Great Astrolabe Reef, Fiji - 30 records
- Peleliu & Angaur, Palau - 1 records
- Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea - 1 records
- Rabaul & New Britain, Papua New Guinea - 6 records
- Iron Bottom Sound, Solomon Islands - 1 records
- Tongatapu, Tonga - 1 records
- Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu - 1 records
- Port Vila & Efate, Vanuatu - 2 records
- Kerama Islands, Japan - 1 records
- Lakshadweep, India - 1 records
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- North Malé Atoll, Maldives - 9 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 7 records
- Vaavu Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 2 records
- Cenderawasih Bay, Indonesia - 2 records
- Sulawesi, Indonesia - 3 records
- Sipadan, Malaysia - 2 records
- Donsol & Sorsogon, Philippines - 4 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records
- Visayas, Philippines - 7 records