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Created 4/4/2021

Family Conidae

TROPICAL EASTERN PACIFIC

Conus (Chelyconus) 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.