Livid cone

Conus lividus

Molluscs
IUCN: Least concern

Usual depth1–15 m
Water temperature4–30 °C
Best monthsJuly
How commonOccasional

Photo credit: (c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Takaaki Hattori · CC BY · iNaturalist

About this species

Conus lividus, common name the livid cone, is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Conus lividus”, 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: 69 records
February: 48 records
March: 51 records
April: 32 records
May: 50 records
June: 50 records
July: 256 records
August: 75 records
September: 60 records
October: 61 records
November: 46 records
December: 46 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 1–15 m · Deepest record: 25 m

0–10 m: 43 records
10–20 m: 37 records
20–30 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 4–30 °C

2–4 °C: 2 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: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 4 records
22–24 °C: 18 records
24–26 °C: 110 records
26–28 °C: 172 records
28–30 °C: 195 records

Photos

(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Cricket Raspet, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Diogo Luiz, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Livid cone, livid cone

Names in 2 more languages

Japanese: イボシマイモ
Simplified Chinese: 晚霞芋螺

Other scientific names: Conus (Lividoconus) lividus, Conus plebejus, Conus primula, Cucullus monachos, Lividoconus lividus

Similar species

Sand-dusted cone
Conus arenatus
Captain cone
Conus capitaneus
Cat cone
Conus catus
Astrologer's cone
Conus chaldaeus
Coronated cone
Conus coronatus
Conus distans

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).
1,098 open-data records from 1920 to 2022.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.

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