Conus leopardus

Conus leopardus
A shell of Conus leopardus, anterior end towards the bottom of the image
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Conidae
Genus: Conus
Species:
C. leopardus
Binomial name
Conus leopardus
(Röding, 1798) [1]
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[2]

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.

  1. ^ Röding, P. F., 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus Cimeliorum e Tribus Regnis Naturae Quae olim Collegerat Joa.., 2: I-VIII: 1 -199
  2. ^ 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