Conus leonardi

Conus leonardi
Conus leonardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species: C. leonardi
Binomial name
Conus leonardi
Bernardi et Crosse, 1861

Conus leonardi or Leonard's cone is a species of sophisticated predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails, cone shells or cones.

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Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species.

Shell description

This species of cone snail has an orange and white patterned shell.

References

External links

  • Conus leonardi image - a picture of the shell that this snail produces. (Note that the Latin name of the species has been incorrectly spelled on that page.)