Home > Invertebrates > Shells > Cones > Conus nussatella

Updated 3/5/2014

Family Conidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Conus nussatella

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 5 feet, 67 mm

 

Puako, Hawaii, 25 feet, 43 mm

 

Kapoho, Hawaii, 3 feet, 44 mm

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 80 feet

NUSSATELLA CONE  

Uncommon in sand under slabs or rubble deeper than 20 feet, where it preys upon gastropods.  The animal light brown.  Attains 3.7 inches, 95 mm.  Red Sea to Okinawa, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.