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Jasper Cone

Conasprella jaspidea

Also known as Conus jaspideus

Markings and exact colorations may vary.

Photo: Josiah Londerée via iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 · cropped & resized · source

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

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.

Handling
Possibly venomous

Do not pick up a cone with an animal inside: living cone snails can sting with a venomous harpoon. Photograph it in place; only handle an empty shell.

How to tell it apart

  • Under an inch, with visible spiral grooves on the body
  • Grey, olive and brown mottling
  • Sharply pointed base

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Commonly confused with

  • Dusky ConeConasprella stearnsii

    Dusky cone has rows of brown dots and a taller spire; jasper cone is mottled grey-brown with spiral grooves.

  • Peale's ConeConasprella pealii

    Peale's cone has bold orange-brown blotches; jasper cone has finer grey-brown mottling.

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