I can add Malindi, Kenya to the list (a little souther but it all counts)
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From: Paul Callomon <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 12:05 A.M.
Subject: Conus tessulatus


> > yes, a few are there. I can confirm tessulatus from northern New
Zealand,
> > offshore. The shells are apparently more slender than elsewhere.
> > Guido
> Now that's interesting. I believe C. tessulatus has the widest
distribution
> of any Conus species, and among the widest of any Neogastropod. Could I
ask
> Conch-L people to take part in a little exercise? Send your C. tessulatus
> records to me and let's see how far we can spread its distribution. As a
> starter, I have specimens from
> Mombasa, Kenya as an eastern limit; from Costa Rica as the western limit;
> from here in Japan (Kii peninsula) in the north, and now this record from
> New Zealand as a southern limit. In between, I have them from the
> Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. Where else is C. tessulatus found?
>