Two years ago I found a nice cone, ht: 51mm, off the Florida Keys which I
identified as Conus bartschi - though I have also been told it is Conus
regius.
In Walls "Cone Shells" it looks like the picture at the bottom of page 580
(C. regius) and not like the picture on page 148 (C. bartschi).
On the other hand in Abbott/Dance "Compendium of Seashells" my shell is
very similar to the photo of C. bartschi shown on the bottom of page 272
while it does not have the high sloping spire of the C. regius illustrated
in the picture at the bottom of page 267.
Can any "Cone" expert give me me a definitive way of telling the two apart?
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Dominic Rawlingson Plant
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