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Updated 12/13/2024

Family Conidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Conus purpurascens

 

 

PURPLE CONE

Fairly common on shallow reefs.  Amount of brown banding variable, especially in the Galapagos.  Attains 3 inches.  Sea of Cortez to Peru and the Galapagos.