Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail that lives on reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and hunts small fish. While every cone snail hunts and kills prey using venom, the venom of Conus geographus is potent enough to kill a human being.
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System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Conus geographus (Wikidata)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Madagascar, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mauritius, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Mozambique, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Tanzania, found in there.
Sources
1. Conus geographus (Wikipedia)
Lead sectionQuote, Lead section
Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone, or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Conus geographus (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q1780734 (P225 taxon name)
- Wikidata P141 (IUCN conservation status) claim, entity QID Q1780734
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Gastropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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