Carol, your query about Conus ateralbus got me looking further: In addition to the images at Hardy's Internet Guide to Marine Gastropods, http://www.gastropods.com/shell_pages/a/Shell_Conus_ateralbus.html other images of Conus ateralbus with a range of colorations were found at the following web sites. Femorale Shell Photos http://www.femorale.com.br/shellphotos/detail.asp?photo=23316.jpg Schooner Specimen Shells http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com/4429a.jpg Guido Poppe lists 6 specimens on Molluscs Net "Specimen Shells" page http://www.molluscs.net/Guido_Poppe/marinep2.htm with an image of one at the Molluscs Net gallery http://www.molluscs.net/gallery/conidae/ateralbus.html Indice (www.shells.it) http://www.shells.it/schede/scheda.php?id=1197 (images are from Giancarlo Paganelli's collection. Enjoy ! Bruce ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> 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 >