DOMINIC RAWLINGSON PLANT wrote:
>
> 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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Conus bartschi comes from the panamanic province and Conus regius comes
from the caribbean.
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Jim & Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells