To: Lyle Therriault Very many thanks for your response Small cones 1 - I don't agree with the Conus granum ID either, but the problems with your two alternative IDs is that this shell doesn't have a concave (and very high spire) like C. guidopoppei http://gastropods.com/5/Shell_44195.shtml and is much thinner than C. fischoederi http://gastropods.com/6/Shell_4966.shtml Small cones 2 - C. axelrodi is quite an inflated shell. None of my specimens are, and they are all very small. Since many of the local small variants of 'C. magus' have very pink spires, then failing any other explanation, I am choosing to explain the 'small pinkies' as juveniles of local 'C. magus'. I am trying to put together a composite photo of how these shells change from minor to major, but that is a complicated business. Please wait a bit. I am not even sure how these small local 'C.magus' grow up, because I haven't yet found a big one. Perhaps they're not C magus at all, but something else. Best regards Richard Parker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [log in to unmask] - a forum for informal discussions on molluscs To leave this list, click on the following web link: http://listserv.uga.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conch-l&A=1 Type your email address and name in the appropriate box and click leave the list. ----------------------------------------------------------------------