Endangered
Conus hieroglyphus
Conus hieroglyphus
Conus hieroglyphus is a gastropod in the family Conidae (order Neogastropoda), recorded as Endangered.
Appearance
The maximum recorded shell length is 23 mm. The white shell shows revolving series of spots and irregular or cloud-like markings of orange, chestnut or chocolate, often forming interrupted bands.
Range and habitat
This marine species occurs off Aruba, the Netherlands Antilles.
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 hieroglyphus 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 hieroglyphus, Wikidata item Q1308070. 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.
