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Smoky cone

Conus fumigatus Hwass, 1792

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the smoky 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 smoky cone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the smoky cone as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Libya
  2. Syria

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the smoky 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 smoky cone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNeogastropoda
  5. familyConidae
  6. genusConus
  7. SpeciesConus fumigatus Hwass, 1792

Synonyms Conus blainvillei, Conus excavatus, Conus fumigatus, Conus henoquei, Conus luctificus, Conus pazii, Conus richardi, Kioconus fumigatus, Rhizoconus fumigatus

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • コウカイイモJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the smoky cone

Other species in the same genus Conus.

Flag cone

Conus vexillum

ConidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the smoky cone an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the smoky cone as introduced in 2 countries: Libya and Syria, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the smoky cone?

The smoky cone (Conus fumigatus) belongs to the family Conidae in the order Neogastropoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Smoky cone (Conus fumigatus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/smoky-cone

MLA

“Smoky cone (Conus fumigatus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/smoky-cone.

BibTeX
@misc{smoky_cone_2026,
  title = {Smoky cone (Conus fumigatus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/smoky-cone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}