Conus axelrodi  Walls, 1978
Collected near Coron Island,
Calamian Island group, Palawan, Philippines
This is a not often seen and variable species.
Length= 19.1  mm   Width= 11.3
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus pergrandis  Iredale, 1937
Trawled live at 240 meters depth, near Aliguay Island, Philippines
A not often seen species, which became more or less available
for short period in year 2000. This is a mature specimen see the
following foto for a mature but younger specimen.
Length= 113.1  mm   Width= 52.2 mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus pergrandis  Iredale, 1937
Trawled live at 240 meters depth, near Aliguay Island, Philippines
A not often seen species, which became more or less available
for short period in year 2000. This is a mature but young specimen,
see the previous foto for an older  mature specimen.
Length= 87.8  mm   Width= 38.0  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus julii  Lienard, 1870
Collected fresh dead on reef rubble,
Reunion Island, Indian Ocean
Light color form. A not often seen species.
Length= 54.3  mm   Width= 25.8  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus floccatus  Sowerby II, 1841
Collected live on shallow reef rubble,
Marau Sound, Guadalcanal
Perfect protoconch and lip. A not often seen species in this condition.
Length= 56.4  mm   Width= 25.3  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus kinoshitai  (Kuroda, 1956)
form " tamikoae "
Collected with tangle net at 100 fathoms,
off Balut Island, Philippines.
A xanthic, not often seen, form of this species.
Length= 50.2  mm   Width= 22.4  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus kinoshitai  (Kuroda, 1956)
Typical form, collected with tangle net at 60-70 fathoms,
off Panglao, Bohol Island, Philippines.
Length= 68.5  mm   Width= 28.6  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus aulicus  Linne', 1758
Collected in sand around coral reef rubble,
sizewise this is a real whopper,
off Nungwi, Zanzibar, 1998.
Length= 143  mm   Width= 54  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus lynceus  Sowerby II, 1858
Collected with tangle net on sand bottom,
a not often seen melanistic specimen,
off Bataan, Luzon, Philippines.
Length= 72.5  mm   Width= 34  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus tuticorinensis  Rockel & Korn, 1990
Trawled on grassy/sand bottom at 80-90 meters,
a not often seen  species,
off Tuticorin, Southern India.
Length= 24.5  mm   Width= 15.6  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus lani  Crandall, 1979
Trapped with tangle net at 370 meters,
a not often seen  species,
off Balut Island, Mindanao,
Philippines.
Length= 48.9  mm   Width= 17.6  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

Conus oishii  Shikama, 1977
Trawled  at 200 meters depth,
a not often seen  species and color form,
off Taiwan.
Length= 30.4  mm   Width= 12.7  mm
[Collection Emilio Jorge Power]

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