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Butterfly cone

Conus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The butterfly cone (Conus pulcher) is a species in the family Conidae, order Neogastropoda.

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Quick facts about the butterfly cone

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the butterfly cone live?

Not recorded

Is the butterfly cone endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the butterfly cone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderNeogastropoda
  5. familyConidae
  6. genusConus
  7. SpeciesConus pulcher [Lightfoot], 1786

Synonyms Conus archithalassius, Conus bicolor, Conus breviculus, Conus fluctifer, Conus gigas, Conus grandis, Conus leoninus, Conus nicolii, Conus papilionaceus, Conus papillaris, Conus prometheus, Conus pulcher, Conus pulcher f. conakryensis, Conus pulcher pulcher, Conus pulcher siamensis, Conus siamensis, Cucullus indiae, Kalloconus pulcher, Kalloconus pulcher pulcher, Kalloconus pulcher siamensis

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • SchmetterlingskegelGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the butterfly cone

Other species in the same genus Conus.

Flag cone

Conus vexillum

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the butterfly cone?

The butterfly cone (Conus pulcher) belongs to the family Conidae in the order Neogastropoda.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Butterfly cone (Conus pulcher). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/butterfly-cone

MLA

“Butterfly cone (Conus pulcher).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/butterfly-cone.

BibTeX
@misc{butterfly_cone_2026,
  title = {Butterfly cone (Conus pulcher)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/butterfly-cone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}