Jasper Cone
Conus jaspideus
A tiny cone with fine spiral grooves and grey-brown mottling, easy to overlook in shell drifts.
- Typical size
- 0.4–1 in
- How often it turns up
- Common in drift, easily missed
- Collecting
- Restricted
- Handling
- Possibly venomous
Florida allows no live shelling in many counties and parks. If the animal is still inside, photograph it and put it back where you found it.
How to tell it apart
- Under an inch, with visible spiral grooves on the body
- Grey, olive and brown mottling
- Sharply pointed base
Found one?
Photograph it and BeachNut will rank the likely matches, then log it to your collection.
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