Soldier cone

About this species

Conus miles, common name the soldier 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 miles”, 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: 49 records
February: 46 records
March: 43 records
April: 37 records
May: 106 records
June: 107 records
July: 200 records
August: 86 records
September: 57 records
October: 57 records
November: 66 records
December: 40 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 4–18 m · Deepest record: 50 m

0–10 m: 46 records
10–20 m: 192 records
20–30 m: 17 records
30–40 m: 2 records
40–50 m: 1 records
50–60 m: 1 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: 0 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 1 records
20–22 °C: 1 records
22–24 °C: 14 records
24–26 °C: 102 records
26–28 °C: 124 records
28–30 °C: 278 records

Photos

(c) Georgina Jones, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · CC BY-SA · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Javier, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) zr217, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Debra Baker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Soldier cone, Mile Cone, soldier cone

Names in 4 more languages

German: Soldatenkegel
French: Cône soldat
Japanese: ヤナギシボリイモ
Simplified Chinese: 柳絲芋螺

Other scientific names: Conus (Rhizoconus) miles, Rhizoconus miles

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).
873 open-data records from 1907 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.