Conus from Australia

[andrey]

Hello friends!
I have not been able to identify this cone.
Data:
32.8mm
Loadstone Reef, Qld, Australia
1-2m under dead coral rock
Maybe:
1. Conus suturatus
2. Conus sydneyensis or something else?



Thank you

[JeffJenny]

Could it be inscripta?

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[paul monfils]

This is often shown as a form of Conus suturatus, though I don't understand why, as it is distinctly different from typical C. suturatus in several ways.  This shell can be seen in Manual of the Living Conidae, Plate 12, figure 5 and 6; and also in Australian Marine Shells, Volume 2, Plate 47, figure 3A.

[andrey]

Thank you Paul!
I bought it as Conus suturatus, but there were serious doubts as to its identification,
A typical Conus suturatus still very different from this Conus.
Maybe in the future it will be a new form Conus suturatus

[conpa]

This is one of the forms of Conus suturatus. You can see pictures of similar shells from my collection on my website.

Paul
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