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Conus leopardus 
A shell of Conus leopardus, anterior end towards the bottom of the image Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Conidae Genus: Conus Species: C. leopardus Binomial name Conus leopardus
(Röding, 1798) [1]Synonyms[2] - Conus millepunctatus Lamarck, 1822
- Conus millepunctatus var. aldrovandi Dautzenberg, 1937
- Conus pardus Link, 1807
- Cucullus leopardus Röding, 1798
- Lithoconus leopardus (Röding, 1798)
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.[2]
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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 along Aldabra, Chagos, Madagascar, the Mascarene basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the entire Indo-Pacific Region.
See also
- Conus leopardus Dillwyn, 1817 is a synonym of Conus vexillum Gmelin, 1791
References
- ^ Röding, P. F., 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e Tribus Regnis Naturae Quae olim Collegerat Joa.., 2: I-VIII: 1 -199
- ^ a b WoRMS (2010). Conus leopardus (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215464 on 28 July 2011
- Spry, J.F. (1961). The sea shells of Dar es Salaam: Gastropods. Tanganyika Notes and Records 56
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Filmer R.M. (2001). A Catalogue of Nomenclature and Taxonomy in the Living Conidae 1758 - 1998. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden. 388pp
- Tucker J.K. & Tenorio M.J. (2009) Systematic classification of Recent and fossil conoidean gastropods. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 296 pp
External links
- Conus leopardus at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website.
- Gastropods.com: Lithoconus leopardus; accessed: 28 July 2011
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