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Family
Conidae
TROPICAL PACIFIC / HAWAII
Conus
(Rhizoconus) pertusus
Kahe Point, Oahu, 35 feet, 18mm
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Kahe Point, Oahu, 35 feet, 31mm
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PERFORATED CONE
Fairly common in dead coral
from 45 to 300 feet. Shell light, salmon to maroon with white spire
and broken midbody spiral, may have beaded spiral cords. Attains 1.5 inches. Animal is light yellow with black speckles.
Hawaii & the Tropical Pacific. |
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