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Family Conidae

TROPICAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Conus pertusus

Kahe Point, Oahu, 35 feet, 18 mm

 

Kahe Point, Oahu, 35 feet, 31 mm

 

PERFORATED CONE  

Fairly common in dead coral deeper than 40 feet.  Shell lightweight, pink with two vague salmon or maroon bands, a purple base and aperture, sometimes with beaded spirals.  The animal is light yellow with black speckles.  Attains 2.7 inches, 69 mm.  South Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.