Conus flavidus Lamarck, 1810
Flat-topped cone,
55mm
Conus
flavidus is common
on intertidal and shallow subtidal lagoon and seaward reefs down to a depth
of about 20m, where it usually lives under rocks or in holes in the reef. It
can be distinguished from the similarly colored Conus
lividus by its smooth spire; that of C. lividus is nodulose.
The shell is brown with a central spiral lighter band; nearly all of the shell
is hidden by the thick periostracum in the specimen below.
Created
4 July 2009
Updated 12 March 2020
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