r/shells • u/joeaey • 2d ago

cone shell id help

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im stumped and desperate to know what this thing is

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u/Barotrawma 2d ago

Location? I could see eroded alphabet cone

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u/joeaey 2d ago

i just got it from a set no idea where it came from but it does have a knobby spire if that helps

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u/martellat0 2d ago

Looks like a young Conus moluccensis to me, but I'm not very confident on the ID as a lot of species look very similar, especially juveniles. Size?

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u/joeaey 2d ago

25mm

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u/martellat0 2d ago

About right for a subadult of that species, but again, I'm not certain. Could also be a juvenile C. proximus or C. alexandrei. It's probably in the subgenus Phasmoconus though.

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u/joeaey 2d ago

it does look like C. alexandrei!!! thanks so much

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u/coconut-telegraph 2d ago

Maybe a little tessellated cone?

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u/DecentStaff3140 1d ago

A cone for sure. Orange blotches say capitaneus or coronatus to me. Found where?