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 Chromodoris
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 Chromodoris
  Posted 28/03/2008 05:19:29 AM
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This 10mm cone is one of three tiny cones taken in coral rubble off of Kauai.  I thought them to be C. abbreviatus juveniles due to the brown dots and bluish color but I posted them on another site and they said it was C. sponsalis.  It doesn't look like sponsalis I've seen online.

This specimen is the only one I could get clean enough to see the markings well.
http://shutter06.pictures.aol.com/data/pictures/20/009/71/A7/BC/A6/iaijkLrxxNTtrxTWlgVSYb548AJSyXkZ0300.jpg

 Dave r
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 Dave r
  Posted 30/03/2008 01:25:00 AM
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Hi there. Yes, it is Conus sponsalis and the bluish colour and small brown dots identify it as form nanus. According to Rockel, Korn & Kohn specimens from Hawaii and S.E.Polynesia consistently occur in this form. Incidentally, some authors consider nanus to be a true species but intergrades are known.
Dave


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