Conus marmoreus

Conus marmoreus
	A live Conus marmoreus feeding on Monetaria caputserpentis.
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. marmoreus
Binomial name
	Conus marmoreus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Conus (Conus) marmoreus Linnaeus, 1758 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus crosseanus Bernardi, 1861; Conus crosseanus var. lineata Crosse, 1878 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus lineatus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792); Conus maculatus Perry, 1811; Conus marmoreus var. granulatus G.B. Sowerby I, 1839 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus granulatus Linnaeus, 1758); Conus pseudomarmoreus Crosse, 1875; Conus (Conus) proarchithalassus Röding, P.F., 1798; Conus suffusus Sowerby II, 1870; Conus suffusus var. noumeensis Crosse, 1872; Cucullus proarchithalassus Röding, 1798;

Conus marmoreus, common name the "marbled cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones. It is the type species for the genus Conus. This is a species which is believed to feed mostly on marine molluscs including other cone snails. This snail is venomous, like all cone snails.

The subspecies: Conus marmoreus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 is a synonym of Conus bandanus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

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