About this species
Conus moreleti 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 moreleti”, 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: 5 records
- February: 1 records
- March: 4 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 8 records
- June: 71 records
- July: 12 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 9 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 13 records
- December: 10 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 10–17 m · Deepest record: 38 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C
Names and classification
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- オゴクダイモ
- Simplified Chinese
- 莫氏芋螺
Other scientific names: Conus (Virgiconus) moreleti, Conus elongatus, Conus oblitus, Virgiconus moreleti
Similar species
Sand-dusted coneConus arenatus
Captain coneConus capitaneus
Cat coneConus catus
Astrologer's coneConus chaldaeus
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).
- 233 open-data records from 1892 to 2019.
- Species data updated November 1, 2026.
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