- English Common Name
- Lettered Cone
- Scientific name
- Conus litteratus
- Taxonomy
- Order: Hypsogastropoda, Family: Conidae
- Size
- About 10 cm
- Species Distribution
- Amami Group and southward
- This species is relatively big in the Conidae Family and found in sandy bottom in coral reefs. Its shell surface has lines of black dots, but the pattern is invisible while the animal is alive since the shell is covered with a thick organic coating called periostracum.
Thick periostracum covering the shell.
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- Updated September 2018