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Dark cone

Conus furvus Reeve, 1843

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The dark cone (Conus furvus) is a species in the family Conidae, order Neogastropoda.

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Quick facts about the dark cone

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the dark cone live?

Not recorded

Is the dark cone endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the dark cone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNeogastropoda
  5. familyConidae
  6. genusConus
  7. SpeciesConus furvus Reeve, 1843

Synonyms Calibanus furvus, Conus aegrotus, Conus albicans, Conus albus, Conus buxeus, Conus cecilei, Conus crepusculum, Conus frauenfeldi, Conus furvus, Conus granifer, Conus lignarius, Conus multilineatus, Conus neobuxeus, Conus nivalis, Conus polygrammus, Conus turritinus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Carpenter coneEnglish
  • メンネルイモJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the dark cone

Other species in the same genus Conus.

Flag cone

Conus vexillum

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the dark cone?

The dark cone (Conus furvus) belongs to the family Conidae in the order Neogastropoda.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Dark cone (Conus furvus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-cone

MLA

“Dark cone (Conus furvus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-cone.

BibTeX
@misc{dark_cone_2026,
  title = {Dark cone (Conus furvus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/dark-cone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}