Maldive Cone
Conus maldivus
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 12 diving areas across 8 countries and 3 regions.
- North Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- Rasdhoo Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- South Ari Atoll, Maldives - 3 records
- South Malé Atoll, Maldives - 4 records
- Flic en Flac & West Coast, Mauritius - 18 records
- Saint-Gilles & West Coast, Réunion - 1 records
- Trincomalee & East Coast, Sri Lanka - 2 records
- Zanzibar & Pemba, Tanzania - 12 records
- Deep South, Egypt - 1 records
- Marsa Alam, Egypt - 5 records
- Eilat, Israel - 3 records
- Dumaguete, Philippines - 1 records