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Updated 3/28/2021

Family Conidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Conus coronatus

Haleiwa, Oahu, 5 feet, 22 mm

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 1 foot, 36 mm

 


Makaha, Oahu

CROWN CONE  

Very rare in Hawaii in sand on shallow reefs, but common elsewhere.  Gray with irregular spirals of black and white dashes, not round dots, and scattered brown blotches.  Attains 1.9 inches, 47 mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.