Conus eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Eburneus cone, 54mm
Conus
eburneus is abundant
in lagoon habitats, where it lives buried in sand by day and sometimes crawls
about on the surface at night. Most specimens have black spots, similar to Conus
pulicarius, differing in that the spots on C. eburneus are
arranged in regular rows.
The pictured specimen below is
a rather unusual spotless variety.
This one is carrying a growth of the algae Boergesenia.
Created 4 July 2009
Updated 12 March 2020
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