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Conus geographus
61 countries35 parks235 dive sites
Species group · Gastropods
WAnimals has 11 species of snail, spread across 10 families (Achatinidae, Bullidae, Camaenidae, Conidae, Fasciolariidae, Helicidae, Hydatinidae, Succineidae, Terebridae, Turbinidae).
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 205 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Paradoxically, some components of its venom have been used to develop painkillers.
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It takes small and medium-sized fish with a venomous harpoon, lying half-buried in the sediment of shallow reefs.
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At least 36 documented human deaths over 300 years are attributed to it.
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Its calcareous operculum — thick, white and domed — is sold as an ornament and known as a cat's eye.
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An adult can weigh two kilos, almost all of it shell.
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It is one of the largest marine snails in the world, with a shell of up to 20 cm and a weight of more than two kilos.
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It is on the IUCN list of the 100 most damaging invasive alien species in the world.
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It is hermaphroditic: two individuals fertilise each other and both lay eggs, and a single pair can produce hundreds of offspring in a year.
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Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 11.
