Geographer cone
Scientific name: Conus geographus Linnaeus, 1758
Overview
Conus geographus, popularly called the geography cone, geographer cone, or geographic cone, is a species of predatory cone snail. It lives in reefs of the tropical Indo-Pacific and hunts small fish. While all cone snails hunt and kill prey using venom, the venom of Conus geographus is potent enough to kill humans.
From the Wikipedia article “Conus geographus”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Common names
Also known in English as geographic cone, geography cone.
Names in other languages (4)
- Chinese
- 地纹芋螺, 殺手芋螺
- German
- Landkarten-Kegelschnecke, Landkartenkegel
- Japanese
- アンボイナガイ
- Russian
- конус географический
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: MolluscaBase.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q1780734, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Conus geographus”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Kerry Matz, National Institute of General Medical Services, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026