James,
You might have Conus pennaceus.  Without a picture, I don't know for sure.
John Jacobs
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From: James M Cheshire <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 10:36 PM
Subject: Unknown cone
 
 
>Dear all, I have a cone from Hawaii, but I can't identify it.
>I need everyone's help. It resembles a Conus textile in many
>ways, and it just may well be. It just doesn't look TOTALLY like a
>textile. Here's a description:
>Amber-brown background
>3 horizontal bands of large blunt white triangles, with about 6 vertical
>bands of smaller triangles.
>There are tiny bands in the brown background
>color with little spots of white on them, they look
>like a tiny strings of beads.
>Spire is medium height and flat sided with pinkish apex.
>Aperture is white and generally narrow, but gets wider towards the
>anterior end.
>
>Remeber, this is from Hawaii, and there are some endemic species there.
>I believe myself that it may be a subspecies of C. textile.
>
>Kind Regards James
>
>P.S. A special thanks to all who learned me the hobby of shell
>collecting.
>P.S.S. "learned" is just a joke.
>
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