I have put together two composite photographs of the 'small pinkies'
developing into 'Conus magus'
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4123579753/http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4123579585/
(Apologies for the poor editing)
I hope these explain themselves (No 6 is where they appear tc change over)
from a totally pink shell to a larger brown and white colouration, with
brown maculations on the spire, and granulated spiral coils (very strong in
no 17).
No 17 is one of the largest of this type that I have collected here. I have
another (32mm) very beach-washed, but that's all.
Except that, just today, I found another shell in my collection that
resembles some of the 'small cones' that are so abundant:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4125164819/
But, as you can see, it doesn't really resemble the smaller ones very much.
It entirely lacks the granulated spiral cords and bright colours. But it
does have the pink spire.
Am I seeing one species, or two?
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