Conus geographus, Geographer cone : fisheries
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Conus geographus   Linnaeus, 1758

Geographer cone

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Conus geographus  AquaMaps  Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Conus geographus

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Neogastropoda | Conidae | Coninae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 6 - 17 m (Ref. 101034).  Tropical

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Indo-Pacific.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 16.6 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 122448)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Common in shallow waters. Very venomous species (Ref. 799).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

This species is a non-broadcast spawner. Life cycle does not include trocophore stage. Also Ref. 833.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Smith, B.D. 2003 Prosobranch gastropods of Guam. Micronesia 35-36:244-270. (Ref. 3116)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 27 October 2011

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Venomous (Ref. 130663)

Human uses

Fisheries: of potential interest
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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.8 - 29.3, mean 28.4 (based on 1584 cells).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

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