> The shell measures 49.6 mm and has exactly the same color as Conus
> gloriamaris, but it is a different species, from a different genus.
Nice specimen. But why is it a different species and genus and not a
short-spired aberrant individual of C. gloriamaris? Or a hybrid C.
gloriamaris x C. spec. (suggestions for C. spec. welcome).
Marien
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