Alphabet Cone
Conus spurius
A heavy cone shell patterned with broken orange-brown marks that look like letters.
- Typical size
- 2 to 3 inches
- How often it turns up
- Uncommon but findable
- Collecting
- Usually legal to collect
- Handling
- Handle with care
Empty shells are fine to collect.
Do not pick up a live cone snail.
How to tell it apart
- Cone shape with a flat, stepped top
- Orange to brown blotches in rough spiral rows
- Smooth, glossy surface
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