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Tiled cone

Conus inscriptus Reeve, 1843

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the tiled 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 tiled cone live?

Not recorded

Is the tiled 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 tiled cone classified?

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

Synonyms Asprella inscripta, Conus cuneiformis, Conus inscriptus, Conus inscriptus f. meridionalis, Conus inscriptus indicus, Conus keatiformis, Conus planiliratus, Conus tegulatus, Conus wilmeri, Graphiconus cavailloni, Graphiconus inscriptus, Leptoconus inscriptus, Phasmoconus inscriptus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Engraved coneEnglish
  • Inscribed coneEnglish
  • Gekachelte KegelschneckeGerman
  • キリンイモJapanese
  • 長頸鹿芋螺Chinese
  • Gemeißelte KegelschneckeGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the tiled 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 tiled cone?

The tiled cone (Conus inscriptus) 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). Tiled cone (Conus inscriptus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiled-cone

MLA

“Tiled cone (Conus inscriptus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiled-cone.

BibTeX
@misc{tiled_cone_2026,
  title = {Tiled cone (Conus inscriptus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tiled-cone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}