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Conus victoriae Queen Victoria Cone

Conus victoriae is commonly referred to as Queen Victoria Cone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Highly toxic.

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Conus victoriae,Port Hedland WA 6721, Australia 2024


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lexID:
17587 
AphiaID:
0 
Scientific:
Conus victoriae 
German:
Queen Victoria Kegel 
English:
Queen Victoria Cone 
Category:
Ślimaki 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conidae (Family) > Conus (Genus) > victoriae (Species) 
Initial determination:
Reeve, 1843 
Occurrence:
Dampier Archipelago, Australia, Endemic species, Western Australia 
Marine Zone:
Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Seawater, Sea water, Soft grounds 
Size:
1.18" - 3.54" (3,5cm - 9,0cm) 
Temperature:
64.4 °F - 75.2 °F (18°C - 24°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Snails 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Highly toxic 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Least concern (LC)  
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2025-07-10 19:55:04 

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Conus victoriae Reeve, 1843

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Synonymised names
Conus (Cylinder) vezzaronellyae (T. Cossignani, 2018) · unaccepted
Conus (Cylinder) victoriae Reeve, 1843 · alternative representation
Conus complanatus G. B. Sowerby II, 1866 · unaccepted
Conus vezzaronellyae (T. Cossignani, 2018) · unaccepted
Cylinder vezzaronellyae T. Cossignani, 2018 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Cylinder victoriae (Reeve, 1843) · unaccepted

External links

  1. Biology of Conus on shores of the Dampier Archipelago, Northwestern Australia (en). Abgerufen am 10.07.2025.
  2. The feeding process in Conus victoriae (en). Abgerufen am 10.07.2025.
  3. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 08.07.2025.

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