Endangered
Conus crotchii
Conus crotchii
Conus crotchii is a gastropod in the family Conidae (order Neogastropoda), recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
The size of the shell varies between 18 mm and 32 mm. The shell exhibits a somewhat abbreviately conical shape and is relatively solid. The shell exhibits a white coloration, densely encircled by fine, thread-like burnt-brown lines.
Range and habitat
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the island of Boa Vista, Cape Verde.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.
In crisis
Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous.
Conus crotchii is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.
Sources
Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Conus crotchii, Wikidata item Q1604993. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
