Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Conus luteus | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Similar Conus boeticus, Conus eximius, Conus mitratus, Conus lenavati, Conus cylindraceus | ||
Conus luteus, the mud cone, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.
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The subspecies Conus luteus richardsae Röckel & Korn, 1992 has been raised to species level as Conus richardsae Röckel & Korn, 1992
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 54 mm. The color of the shell is yellow, pink or purplish, encircled by chestnut lines which are mostly broken up into chestnut and white articulations, an irregular white band below the middle. The aperture is purplish, with a central white band.
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to North Australia; off the Tuamotus.
References
Conus luteus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA