Conus ateralbus also appears on a 50c postage stamp from Cape Verde (date
issued 30 November, 1983) . To view, load up this page
http://grimwade.biochem.unimelb.edu.au/cone/cones_on_stamps.html
and scroll down to the third entry, Conus ateralbus - Kiener 1845, then
click on Cape Verde Islands.

There is also an image of Conus ateralbus in Giancarlo Paganelli's Cone
Shell collection at  http://www.molluscs.net/gallery/conidae/ateralbus.html

Interesting that it is not listed under this name in any of the main cone
shell books in my collection either. Does it go by another name perhaps ?

All best wishes for 2002 and good coning out there.

Bruce


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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:46 AM
Subject: Conus alteralbus


> Hello to all,
> Can anyone provide me information about a cone shell I recently received -
it
> is labeled Conus alteralbus Kiener 1849 and was collected in the Cape
Verde
> Islands.  It is a very pretty cone, 33mm in size, with 4 broken white
bands
> over a very dark black background.  Is this a subspecies of another cone?
I
> have never come across this name before.  Any help will be appreciated.
> Thank you.
> Carol Brunner
> North Miami, FL
>