Conus coronatus Gmelin, 1791
Coronated cone, 27mm

Conus coronatus is abundant on intertidal interisland reefs and on some large flat-topped lagoon pinnacles in the Marshalls. They are usually found in or on sand in pockets in the reef. A similar species, Conus aristophanes, is reported to be very similar in shell morphology to C. coronatus and can be difficult to tell apart. It is possible that both species occur in the Marshalls.

This was a very small specimen observed with a number of others at night in a shallow reef quarry at Kwajalein.

A specimen from the lagoon side of Ennubuj Island on the Kwajalein Atoll west reef.

Created 4 July 2009
Updated 12 March 2020

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