Conus kulkulcan is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails or cone shells.
Description
The shell is cone-shaped (like other species in Conidae) with a short, pointed spire and reaches up to 36mm in length. It typically exhibits a deep red coloration, often with a lighter band in the middle, and the mantle of live specimens is dark red. Some specimens are blue-gray as described by E.J. Petuch, the first to discover the species. == Habitat ==
Habitat
This marine species can be found in the western Caribbean Sea, with records from Belize, Honduras (notably Roatán Island), Cuba and Panama. It lives in shallow marine environments on sandy substrates beneath coral, at depths of 2-15 meters. ==References==