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

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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
>