Virgin cone

About this species

Conus virgo 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 virgo”, 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: 25 records
February: 18 records
March: 6 records
April: 10 records
May: 36 records
June: 61 records
July: 109 records
August: 26 records
September: 22 records
October: 24 records
November: 15 records
December: 17 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 2–14 m · Deepest record: 30 m

0–10 m: 38 records
10–20 m: 64 records
20–30 m: 2 records
30–40 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 13–30 °C

12–14 °C: 1 records
14–16 °C: 1 records
16–18 °C: 0 records
18–20 °C: 0 records
20–22 °C: 0 records
22–24 °C: 4 records
24–26 °C: 63 records
26–28 °C: 91 records
28–30 °C: 225 records

Photos

(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) smathichong, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Takaaki Hattori, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Lisa Bennett, 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
(c) Daniel Benák, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Virgin cone, virgin cone

Names in 1 more languages

German: Jungfernkegel, Jungfrauenkegel

Other scientific names: Conus (Virgiconus) virgo, Virgiconus virgo

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).
473 open-data records from 1758 to 2023.
Species data updated October 26, 2026.