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Updated 6/28/2023

Family Conidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Conus striatus oahuensis 

Kahe Point, Oahu, 35 feet, 105 mm

 

Kahe Point, Oahu, 35 feet, 112 mm

 

Mahi Wreck, Oahu, 85 feet

 

Kaena Point, Oahu, 25 feet

 

Haleiwa, Oahu

 


Mahukona, Hawaii

HAWAIIAN STRIATED CONE  

Uncommon in sand under coral slabs deeper than 20 feet, preying upon small fish at night.  It has a potentially fatal sting.  Elongate pinkish-white shell with brown or purplish spirals forming flame-like axial streaks, spire depressed and spirally grooved, body whorl constricted.  The animal is white mottled with brown.  Attains 5.1 inches, 129 mm.  An endemic Hawaiian subspecies.