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Conus leopardus

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Kingdom
  
Clade
  
Scientific name
  
Conus leopardus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Superfamily
  
Phylum
  
Conus leopardus Conus leopardus Rding 1798 Checklist View

Similar
  
Conus litteratus, Conus aulicus, Conus marus, Conus striatus, Conus virgo

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

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Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous. They are capable of "stinging" humans, therefore live ones should be handled carefully or not at all.

Conus leopardus Lithoconus leopardus

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 50 mm and 222 mm.

Distribution

Conus leopardus SEASHELL COLLECTORS Conus leopardus

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the entire Indo-Pacific Region; off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Conus leopardus Lithoconus leopardus

Conus leopardus Lithoconus leopardus

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References

Conus leopardus Wikipedia


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