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Family Conidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Conus lividus

Kaloko, Oahu, 2 feet, 42mm

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 2 feet, 36mm

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 2 feet, 59mm

 

Ft. Kamehemeha, Oahu, 4 feet, 56mm

 

Ft. Kamehemeha, Oahu, 3 feet

 

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet

 

OLIVE-GREEN CONE  

Abundant on shallow reefs and in tidepools.  Spire is coronated and body whorl often with beaded spirals toward base.  Color is olive to orange-brown with faint mid-body spiral.  Attains 3.5 inches.  Animal is reddish black.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.