Conus luteus

Conus luteus
Conus luteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. luteus
Binomial name
Conus luteus
Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms[1]
  • Conus daucus var. luteus Krebs, 1864
  • Leporiconus luteus (G.B. Sowerby I, 1833) (alternate representation)

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. [1]

The subspecies Conus luteus richardsae Röckel & Korn, 1992 has been raised to species level as Conus richardsae Röckel & Korn, 1992

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 54 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to North Australia; off the Tuamotus.

References

  1. ^ a b Bouchet, P. (2011). Conus luteus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=428195 on 2011-10-29
  • 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.

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