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Updated 4/4/2021

Family Conidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Conus (Vituliconus) planorbis

Punalu'u, Oahu, 5 feet, 50mm

 

Punalu'u, Oahu, 5 feet, 53mm

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 4 feet, 49mm

 

Punalu'u, Oahu, 5 feet, 38mm

 

Kahe Point, Oahu, 30 feet, 40mm

 

Kewalo, Oahu, 35 feet

 


Juvenile, Beqa, Fiji, 4 feet


Savusavu Bay, Fiji, 8 feet

CALF or RINGED CONE  

Locally common on sandy reefs to 130 feet.  Glossy brown with irregular white mid-body spiral, spire white with brown marks.  Spire flat with spiral grooves.  Animal is bright yellow, periostracum has fine spiral ridges.  Attains 2.5 inches.  East Africa to French Polynesia, including Hawaii.  Formerly known as Conus vitulinus.