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.[2]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Conus luteus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Conidae |
| Genus: | Conus |
| Species: | C. luteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Conus luteus Sowerby I, 1833
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The subspecies Conus luteus richardsae Röckel & Korn, 1992 has been raised to species level as Conus richardsae Röckel & Korn, 1992
Description
editThe size of an adult shell varies between 18 mm and 54 mm. The color of the shell is yellow, pink or purplish, encircled by chestnut lines which are mostly broken up into chestnut and white articulations, an irregular white band below the middle. The aperture is purplish, with a central white band.[3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the demersal zone of the Pacific Ocean from the Philippines to Northern Australia; off the Tuamotus.
References
edit- ^ Kohn, A., Raybaudi-Massilia, G., Poppe, G. & Tagaro, S. (2013). "Conus luteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T192656A2135820. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T192656A2135820.en. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ 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
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa. 2189: 1–218
- 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Conus luteus.
- Conus luteus - picture Archived 14 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- "Leporiconus luteus luteus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 29 October 2011.