Cat cone

About this species

Conus catus, common name the cat cone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Conus catus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 32 records
February: 22 records
March: 28 records
April: 28 records
May: 28 records
June: 23 records
July: 156 records
August: 40 records
September: 39 records
October: 19 records
November: 26 records
December: 25 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–10 m · Deepest record: 10 m

0–10 m: 7 records
10–20 m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–30 °C

2–4 °C: 1 records
4–6 °C: 0 records
6–8 °C: 0 records
8–10 °C: 0 records
10–12 °C: 0 records
12–14 °C: 0 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 5 records
22–24 °C: 13 records
24–26 °C: 79 records
26–28 °C: 169 records
28–30 °C: 154 records

Photos

(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Nicola Crockford, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Cat cone

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: アラレイモ
Simplified Chinese: 貓芋螺

Other scientific names: Conus (Pionoconus) catus, Conus (Pionoconus) nigropunctatus, Conus discrepans, Conus easoni, Conus nigropunctatus, Conus reflectus, Conus reflexus, Cucullus nubilis, Pionoconus catus, Pionoconus easoni, Pionoconus nigropunctatus

Similar species

Sand-dusted cone
Conus arenatus
Captain cone
Conus capitaneus
Astrologer's cone
Conus chaldaeus
Coronated cone
Conus coronatus
Conus distans
Black-and-white cone
Conus ebraeus

Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
589 open-data records from 1904 to 2026.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.