Conus magus, known as the magical cone, is a species of predatory, venomous sea snail in the family Conidae, the cone snails, found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean around Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin, and across the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Japan, the Marshall Islands, and Fiji, with concentrations near the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia. First described by Linnaeus in 1758, it produces conotoxins with powerful neurotoxic effects and can sting people who handle live shells carelessly. Adult shells measure 16 to 94 millimeters and show highly variable coloring and patterning, and the species is assessed by the IUCN as Least Concern. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Sources
1. Conus magus (Wikipedia)
Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
ly variable coloring and patterning, and the species is assessed by the IUCN as Least Concern.
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
Conus magus, known as the magical cone, is a species of predatory, venomous sea snail in the family Conidae, the cone snails, found in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean around Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin, and across the Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Japan, the Marshall Islands, and Fiji, with concentrations near the Philippines and off Queensland, Australia.
View the Source2. Conus magus (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q148438 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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