Conus magnificus

Conus magnificus, common name the "magnificent cone", is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

The subspecies Conus magnificus macilentus Lauer, 1989 is a synonym of Conus episcopatus da Motta, 1982

Distribution
This is a marine Indo-Pacific species, excluding Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland).

Common in Vietnam and Southeast Asia,

but rare in French Polynesia and in the Northern Red Sea.

Shell description
The size of the shell varies between 55 mm and 92 mm. The shell is intricately marked with a white ground color overlaid with brown to red brown.