Conus leonardi

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Conus leonardi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Neogastropoda 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.

Also see cone snail.

[edit] Distribution

This is an Indo-Pacific species.

[edit] Shell description

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

[edit] 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.)