Conus leopardus facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Conus leopardus
A shell of Conus leopardus, anterior end towards the bottom of the image
Scientific classification
Synonyms
Conus (Lithoconus) leopardus (Röding, 1798) · accepted, alternate representation Conus millepunctatus Lamarck, 1822 Conus millepunctatus var. aldrovandi Dautzenberg, 1937 Conus pardus Link, 1807 Cucullus leopardus Röding, 1798 (original combination) Lithoconus leopardus (Röding, 1798)

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

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.

Description

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

shell of Conus leopardus

Distribution

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).

See also

• Conus leopardus Dillwyn, 1817 is a synonym of Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791

Gallery

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  Conus leopardus (Röding, P.F., 1798)

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  Conus leopardus (Röding, P.F., 1798)

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  Conus leopardus (Röding, P.F., 1798)