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> Conus paukstisi
Family
Conidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Conus
paukstisi 
Kahe Point, Oahu, 15 feet, 22 mm
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Mokuleia, Oahu, 1 foot, 18 mm
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Mokuleia, Oahu, 1 foot, 12 mm
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Mokuleia, Oahu, 1 foot, 16 mm
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Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 25 feet |
Pursuing worm prey |
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HAWAIIAN
DWARF CONE 
| Abundant on intertidal benches,
tidepools, and reefs. Shell white with none to many brown flecks, base
and aperture brown, spire and body whorl with spiral cords. The
shell patter varies within a population, and animal is white with red
extremities. Attains
1.4 inches, 35 mm. Endemic to Hawaii. Conus
nanus has a purplish-blue base and aperture, and smooth body
whorl lacking spiral cords. Both were formerly known in Hawaii as Conus
sponsalis. |
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