Conus litteratus

Conus litteratus
Conus litteratus
Two views of a shell of Conus litteratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. litteratus
Binomial name
Conus litteratus
Linnaeus, 1758

Conus litteratus, common name the lettered cone, is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snail, cone shells or cones. This is an Indo-Pacific species.

Apical view of a shell of Conus litteratus

Life habits

This cone species hunts and eats marine worms.

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