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> Conus (Virroconus) chaldaeus
Family
Conidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Conus
(Virroconus) chaldaeus
Kapoho Point, Oahu, 1 foot, 27mm
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Kapoho Point, Oahu, 1 foot, 28mm
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Kapoho Point, Oahu, 1 foot, 26mm
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Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu
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CHALDEAN CONE
Fairly common on very shallow reefs and in tidepools.
A thick shell with granular spirals and coronated
spire, black with white
axial streaks. Attains 1 inch. Animal is striped black and tan and siphon has a red
tip. Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific. |
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