Very many thanks to those who responded, directly or via the group, to my
original request for identities of a few small cones. I am as pleased as
Punch that certain species I never thought of actually exist here (on the
open Pacific Ocean side of the Philippines).*

But there are a few remaining problems:

Conus axelrodi - I originally assigned these small pink shells to Conus
papillosus, based on 'Shells of the Philippines' (page 227) only to
discover this name doesn't exist any more.

So then I adopted the answers from this group, who uniformly said the shell
was Conus axelrodi.

Then, on organising the half-dozen shells I have, I discovered this one:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4113316523/
where the shell changes its entire character in half a whorl, to a Conus
magus which abound here.

On the other hand, some of these appear to 'grow up' quite unlike Conus
magus:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4113304883/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4113304617/in/photostream/

*Still, this exercise has reinvigorated my interest in shells, and maybe
I'll buy Danny a net and send him out to Dinakpan (beyond the reef) to find
some more.

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