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Created 9/10/2025

Family Conidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Conus capitaneus

   


Pearl Harbor, Oahu. 
Padgett Carpenter		  
   

CAPTAIN CONE  

Rarely found in Hawaii on sandy reefs.  Shell solid, spire whorls with three spiral grooves, White midbody band and numerous spirals of dark brown squares, aperture violet toward base, juveniles olive green.   Attains 4 inches.  East Africa to Japan, Samoa, and Hawaii.