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Family: Conidae cone shells (See list of species below)

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219 species in Atlantic, Western Central with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

Bactrocythara asarca []	No picture found Bathytoma mitrella []	No picture found Bathytoma viabrunnea []
No picture found Benthomangelia antonia []	No picture found Benthomangelia bandella []	No picture found Benthomangelia macra []
No picture found Brachycythara alba []	No picture found Brachycythara barbarae []	Brachycythara biconica [Biconic mangelia]
No picture found Brachycythara brevis []	No picture found Brachycythara multicinctata []	No picture found Brachycythara stegeri []
No picture found Clathurella eversoni []	No picture found Clathurella perdecorata []	No picture found Conasprella acutimarginata []
No picture found Conasprella anaglyptica []	Conasprella arcuata []	No picture found Conasprella armiger [Mace cone]
Conasprella bajanensis []	No picture found Conasprella branhamae []	Conasprella centurio []
No picture found Conasprella delessertii [Delessert's cone]	Conasprella jaspidea [Jasper cone]	No picture found Conasprella lenhilli []
No picture found Conasprella mazei [Maze's cone]	No picture found Conasprella mcgintyi []	Conasprella mindana [Bermuda cone]
No picture found Conasprella nodifera []	No picture found Conasprella pacei []	No picture found Conasprella pealii []
No picture found Conasprella puncticulata []	No picture found Conasprella pusio []	No picture found Conasprella rachelae []
Conasprella rainesae []	No picture found Conasprella roberti []	No picture found Conasprella sauros []
Conasprella stearnsii []	No picture found Conus amphiurgus [Amphiurgus cone]	No picture found Conus anabathrum [Florida cone]
No picture found Conus arangoi []	Conus attenuatus [Slender cone]	No picture found Conus aurantius []
No picture found Conus aureonimbosus []	No picture found Conus aureopunctatus []	No picture found Conus bahamensis []
Conus bayeri []	No picture found Conus baylei []	No picture found Conus bessei []
No picture found Conus binghamae []	No picture found Conus boui []	No picture found Conus brunneobandatus []
No picture found Conus brunneofilaris []	No picture found Conus burryae []	Conus cancellatus [Cancellate cone]
No picture found Conus cardinalis [Cardinal cone]	No picture found Conus caribbaeus [Caribbean cone]	No picture found Conus caysalensis []
No picture found Conus cedonulli []	No picture found Conus ceruttii []	No picture found Conus cingulatus []
No picture found Conus compressus []	No picture found Conus cuna []	No picture found Conus curassaviensis []
Conus daucus [Carrot cone]	No picture found Conus deynzerorum []	No picture found Conus duffyi []
Conus ermineus [Agate cone]	No picture found Conus eversoni []	No picture found Conus explorator []
No picture found Conus finkli []	No picture found Conus flammeacolor []	No picture found Conus flavescens [Flame cone]
No picture found Conus gadesi []	No picture found Conus garciai []	No picture found Conus glenni []
No picture found Conus glicksteini []	Conus granulatus [Glory-of-the-Atlantic cone]	No picture found Conus harlandi []
No picture found Conus havanensis []	No picture found Conus hennequini []	No picture found Conus hieroglyphus []
No picture found Conus honkeri []	No picture found Conus ignotus []	No picture found Conus jacarusoi []
No picture found Conus jucundus []	No picture found Conus julieandreae []	No picture found Conus kalafuti []
No picture found Conus kevani []	No picture found Conus kirkandersi []	No picture found Conus kremerorum []
No picture found Conus kulkulcan []	No picture found Conus largilliertii []	No picture found Conus leekremeri []
No picture found Conus lightbourni []	No picture found Conus lindae []	No picture found Conus lucaya []
No picture found Conus magellanicus []	No picture found Conus magnottei []	No picture found Conus mappa []
Conus mus [Mouse cone]	No picture found Conus norai []	No picture found Conus olgae []
No picture found Conus optabilis []	No picture found Conus ortneri []	No picture found Conus parascalaris []
No picture found Conus paschalli []	No picture found Conus patae [Sunrise cone]	No picture found Conus paulae []
No picture found Conus penchaszadehi []	No picture found Conus perryae []	No picture found Conus pfluegeri []
No picture found Conus philippii []	No picture found Conus portobeloensis []	No picture found Conus poulosi []
No picture found Conus pseudaurantius []	Conus regius [Crown cone]	No picture found Conus richardbinghami []
No picture found Conus riosi []	No picture found Conus ritae []	No picture found Conus rosalindensis []
No picture found Conus rosemaryae []	No picture found Conus sahlbergi []	No picture found Conus sanderi []
No picture found Conus sennottorum [Speckled cone]	Conus spurius [Alphabet cone]	No picture found Conus stanfieldi []
No picture found Conus stimpsoni [Yellow cone]	No picture found Conus sunderlandi []	No picture found Conus theodorei []
No picture found Conus velaensis []	No picture found Conus venezuelanus []	Conus villepinii []
No picture found Conus worki []	No picture found Conus zylmanae []	No picture found Cryoturris adamsii []
Cryoturris cerinella [Waxy mangelia]	No picture found Cryoturris citronella []	Cryoturris fargoi [Fargo's mangelia]
No picture found Cryoturris quadrilineata []	Cryoturris vincula []	No picture found Drilliola comatotropis []
No picture found Drilliola loprestiana []	No picture found Drilliola pruina []	No picture found Eubela calyx []
No picture found Eubela limacina []	No picture found Eubela mcgintyi []	No picture found Eubela sofia []
No picture found Glyphostoma aguadillana []	No picture found Glyphostoma claudoni []	No picture found Glyphostoma dentiferum []
No picture found Glyphostoma elsae []	Glyphostoma epicasta []	No picture found Glyphostoma gabbii []
No picture found Glyphostoma golfoyaquense []	No picture found Glyphostoma gratula []	No picture found Glyphostoma oenoa []
No picture found Glyphostoma phalera []	No picture found Glyphostoma pilsbryi []	Glyphoturris eritima []
Glyphoturris quadrata []	Glyphoturris rugirima []	No picture found Glyptaesopus proctorae []
No picture found Granoturris presleyi []	No picture found Gymnobela agassizii []	No picture found Gymnobela blakeana []
No picture found Gymnobela extensa []	No picture found Gymnobela illicita []	No picture found Gymnobela judithae []
No picture found Gymnobela lanceata []	No picture found Kurtziella accincta []	Kurtziella atrostyla [Brown-tip mangelia]
No picture found Kurtziella cerina []	No picture found Kurtziella citronella [Yellow mangelia]	Kurtziella dorvilliae []
No picture found Kurtziella limonitella [Punctate mangelia]	No picture found Kurtziella margaritifera []	Kurtziella perryae []
No picture found Kurtziella serga []	No picture found Mangelia bandella []	No picture found Mangelia ceroplasta []
No picture found Mangelia halitropis []	No picture found Mangelia lastica []	No picture found Mangelia loraeformis []
No picture found Mangelia rhabdea []	No picture found Mangelia rugirima []	No picture found Mangelia strongyla []
No picture found Mangelia subcircularis []	No picture found Mangelia subsida []	No picture found Mangelia toreumata []
No picture found Mitrolumna biplicata []	No picture found Mitromorpha biplicata []	Mitromorpha dormitor []
No picture found Mitromorpha haycocki []	No picture found Mitromorpha torticula []	No picture found Mitromorpha zilpha []
No picture found Nannodiella oxia []	No picture found Nannodiella vespuciana []	No picture found Platycythara elata []
No picture found Pyrgocythara canoidissima []	No picture found Pyrgocythara cinctella []	No picture found Pyrgocythara densestriata []
No picture found Pyrgocythara filosa [Filose mangelia]	No picture found Pyrgocythara hemphilli []	No picture found Pyrgocythara plicosa [Plicate mangelia]
No picture found Rubellatoma diomedea []	No picture found Rubellatoma rubella [Reddish mangelia]	No picture found Saccharoturris monocingulata []
No picture found Stellatoma stellata []	No picture found Suavodrillia textilia []	Tenaturris bartletti [Barlett's turrid]
Tenaturris decora []	Tenaturris dysoni []	Tenaturris inepta []
No picture found Thelecythara borroi []	No picture found Thelecythara dominguezi []	No picture found Thelecythara floridana []
No picture found Thelecythara mucronata []	No picture found Typhlomangelia lincta []	Vitricythara metria []

219 Species of Family Conidae
(cone shells)

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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Bactrocythara asarca		Western Atlantic	0.6 DL
Bathytoma mitrella		Western Atlantic.	1.25 DL
Bathytoma viabrunnea		Western Central Atlantic	7 DL
Benthomangelia antonia		Atlantic Ocean.	1.5 DL
Benthomangelia bandella		Western Atlantic.	0.94 DL
Benthomangelia macra		Atlantic Ocean and the Me	1.05 DL
Brachycythara alba		Western Central Atlantic	0.55 DL
Brachycythara barbarae		Western Atlantic.	0.35 DL
Brachycythara biconica	Biconic mangelia	Western Atlantic	0.6 DL
Brachycythara brevis		Western Central Atlantic
Brachycythara multicinctata		Western Central Atlantic
Brachycythara stegeri		Western Central Atlantic
Clathurella eversoni		Western Central Atlantic
Clathurella perdecorata		Western Atlantic.	0.85 DL
Conasprella acutimarginata		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Conasprella anaglyptica		Western Central Atlantic.
Conasprella arcuata		Western Central Atlantic
Conasprella armiger	Mace cone	Western Central Atlantic.	4 SHL
Conasprella bajanensis		Western Central Atlantic	3.2 DL
Conasprella branhamae		Western Central Atlantic
Conasprella centurio		Western Atlantic and the	8.55 SHL
Conasprella delessertii	Delessert's cone	Western Atlantic.	10 SHL
Conasprella jaspidea	Jasper cone	Western Atlantic.	3 DL
Conasprella lenhilli		Western Atlantic.	4.13 DL
Conasprella mazei	Maze's cone	Western Atlantic	5.9 SHL
Conasprella mcgintyi		Western Atlantic.	5.22 SHL
Conasprella mindana	Bermuda cone	Western Atlantic.	5 SHL
Conasprella nodifera		Western Atlantic.	3.8 DL
Conasprella pacei		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Conasprella pealii		Western Central Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conasprella puncticulata		Western Atlantic.	3.2 SHL
Conasprella pusio		Western Atlantic.	2.45 SHL
Conasprella rachelae		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL
Conasprella rainesae		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conasprella roberti		Western Central Atlantic.
Conasprella sauros		Western Atlantic.	3 DL
Conasprella stearnsii		Western Atlantic	2.45 SHL
Conus amphiurgus	Amphiurgus cone	Western Atlantic.	7.2 SHL
Conus anabathrum	Florida cone	Western Central Atlantic	5.1 SHL
Conus arangoi		Western Atlantic.	4.55 SHL
Conus attenuatus	Slender cone	Western Central Atlantic	4.7 SHL
Conus aurantius		Western Central Atlantic	7.04 SHL
Conus aureonimbosus		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Conus aureopunctatus		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL
Conus bahamensis		Western Atlantic.	2.85 DL
Conus bayeri		Western Central Atlantic	1.6 DL
Conus baylei		Western Atlantic.
Conus bessei		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 DL
Conus binghamae		Western Central Atlantic
Conus boui		Western Central Atlantic
Conus brunneobandatus		Western Atlantic.	3.4 DL
Conus brunneofilaris		Western Atlantic.	1.4 DL
Conus burryae		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Conus cancellatus	Cancellate cone	Western Atlantic.	6.4 SHL
Conus cardinalis	Cardinal cone	Western Central Atlantic	3.22 SHL
Conus caribbaeus	Caribbean cone	Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Conus caysalensis		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Conus cedonulli		Western Atlantic.	6.5 SHL
Conus ceruttii		Western Central Atlantic	5.8 SHL
Conus cingulatus		Western Central Atlantic	4.4 DL
Conus compressus		Eastern Indian Ocean and
Conus cuna		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Conus curassaviensis		Western Atlantic.	5.1 DL
Conus daucus	Carrot cone	Eastern Central Pacific a	7.3 SHL
Conus deynzerorum		Western Atlantic.	1.35 DL
Conus duffyi		Western Atlantic.	4.2 DL
Conus ermineus	Agate cone	Atlantic Ocean.	10.3 SHL
Conus eversoni		Western Central Atlantic	1.8 DL
Conus explorator		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conus finkli		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Conus flammeacolor		Western Central Atlantic	2.6 SHL
Conus flavescens	Flame cone	Western Central Atlantic.	3.4 SHL
Conus gadesi		Western Atlantic.	1.14 DL
Conus garciai		Western Central Atlantic	6.9 SHL
Conus glenni		Western Atlantic.	1.85 DL
Conus glicksteini		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL
Conus granulatus	Glory-of-the-Atlantic cone	Western Central Atlantic.	6.41 SHL
Conus harlandi		Western Central Atlantic	3.6 SHL
Conus havanensis		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conus hennequini		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Conus hieroglyphus		Western Atlantic.	2.1 DL
Conus honkeri		Western Atlantic.	3.7 DL
Conus ignotus		Western Atlantic.	2.26 DL
Conus jacarusoi		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conus jucundus		Western Atlantic.	4.3 DL
Conus julieandreae		Western Central Atlantic	3.07 SHL
Conus kalafuti		Western Central Atlantic	1.5 SHL
Conus kevani		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL
Conus kirkandersi		Western Central Atlantic
Conus kremerorum		Western Atlantic.	3 DL
Conus kulkulcan		Western Central Atlantic	3.6 SHL
Conus largilliertii		Western Central Atlantic
Conus leekremeri		Western Atlantic.	3 DL
Conus lightbourni		Western Atlantic.	4.77 DL
Conus lindae		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Conus lucaya		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL
Conus magellanicus		Western Central Atlantic.
Conus magnottei		Western Central Atlantic	1.4 DL
Conus mappa		Western Atlantic.	6.63 DL
Conus mus	Mouse cone	Western Atlantic.	4.35 SHL
Conus norai		Western Central Atlantic
Conus olgae		Western Atlantic.
Conus optabilis		Western Atlantic.
Conus ortneri		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conus parascalaris		Western Atlantic.	2.3 DL
Conus paschalli		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Conus patae	Sunrise cone	Western Atlantic.	2.8 SHL
Conus paulae		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Conus penchaszadehi		Western Atlantic.	3.9 DL
Conus perryae		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Conus pfluegeri		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conus philippii		Western Central Atlantic	3.6 DL
Conus portobeloensis		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Conus poulosi		Western Atlantic.	5 DL
Conus pseudaurantius		Western Atlantic.	4.1 DL
Conus regius	Crown cone	Western Atlantic.	7.5 SHL
Conus richardbinghami		Western Atlantic.	3.5 DL
Conus riosi		Western Atlantic.	5.4 DL
Conus ritae		Western Central Atlantic	2.75 DL
Conus rosalindensis		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Conus rosemaryae		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL
Conus sahlbergi		Western Atlantic.	1.9 DL
Conus sanderi		Western Atlantic.	5.36 SHL
Conus sennottorum	Speckled cone	Western Atlantic.	4.6 SHL
Conus spurius	Alphabet cone	Western Central Atlantic.	8 SHL
Conus stanfieldi		Western Atlantic.	3.3 DL
Conus stimpsoni	Yellow cone	Western Central Atlantic.	7.9 SHL
Conus sunderlandi		Western Central Atlantic	3.3 DL
Conus theodorei		Western Atlantic.	4.3 DL
Conus velaensis		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Conus venezuelanus		Western Atlantic.	2.7 DL
Conus villepinii		Western Atlantic	9.3 SHL
Conus worki		Southwest Atlantic
Conus zylmanae		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL
Cryoturris adamsii		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL
Cryoturris cerinella	Waxy mangelia	Western Atlantic	1.18 DL
Cryoturris citronella		Western Atlantic.
Cryoturris fargoi	Fargo's mangelia	Western Central Atlantic	1.8 DL
Cryoturris quadrilineata		Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Cryoturris vincula		Western Central Atlantic
Drilliola comatotropis		Western Atlantic.
Drilliola loprestiana		Western Atlantic and the	0.87 OT
Drilliola pruina		Atlantic Ocean
Eubela calyx		Western Atlantic	0.5 DL
Eubela limacina		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Eubela mcgintyi		Western Central Atlantic	0.54 DL
Eubela sofia		Western Central Atlantic
Glyphostoma aguadillana		Western Central Atlantic
Glyphostoma claudoni		Western Central Atlantic	1.3 DL
Glyphostoma dentiferum		Western Atlantic.	3.2 DL
Glyphostoma elsae		Western Central Atlantic	1.43 DL
Glyphostoma epicasta		Western Atlantic.	3.1 DL
Glyphostoma gabbii		Western Atlantic.	1.75 DL
Glyphostoma golfoyaquense		Western Atlantic.	2 DL
Glyphostoma gratula		Western Atlantic.
Glyphostoma oenoa		Western Central Atlantic
Glyphostoma phalera		Western Central Atlantic	1.23 DL
Glyphostoma pilsbryi		Western Central Atlantic	0.95 DL
Glyphoturris eritima		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Glyphoturris quadrata		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Glyphoturris rugirima		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Glyptaesopus proctorae		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Granoturris presleyi		Western Atlantic	0.47 DL
Gymnobela agassizii		Atlantic Ocean	3.05 DL
Gymnobela blakeana		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL
Gymnobela extensa		Western Atlantic.	1.25 DL
Gymnobela illicita		Western Central Atlantic
Gymnobela judithae		Western Central Atlantic
Gymnobela lanceata		Western Central Atlantic
Kurtziella accincta		Western Atlantic	0.95 DL
Kurtziella atrostyla	Brown-tip mangelia	Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL
Kurtziella cerina		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Kurtziella citronella	Yellow mangelia	Western Central Atlantic.	1.05 DL
Kurtziella dorvilliae		Western Atlantic	1 DL
Kurtziella limonitella	Punctate mangelia	Western Atlantic.	1 DL
Kurtziella margaritifera		Western Central Atlantic
Kurtziella perryae		Western Atlantic.	0.65 DL
Kurtziella serga		Atlantic Ocean.	1.4 OT
Mangelia bandella		Western Central Atlantic
Mangelia ceroplasta		Western Atlantic.	0.55 DL
Mangelia halitropis		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL
Mangelia lastica		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Mangelia loraeformis		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Mangelia rhabdea		Western Atlantic.	0.45 DL
Mangelia rugirima		Western Atlantic
Mangelia strongyla		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL
Mangelia subcircularis		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Mangelia subsida		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL
Mangelia toreumata		Western Central Atlantic
Mitrolumna biplicata		Western Atlantic	0.8 DL
Mitromorpha biplicata		Western Central Atlantic
Mitromorpha dormitor		Western Central Atlantic
Mitromorpha haycocki		Western Central Atlantic
Mitromorpha torticula		Western Central Atlantic
Mitromorpha zilpha		Western Central Atlantic	0.6 DL
Nannodiella oxia		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL
Nannodiella vespuciana		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Platycythara elata		Western Atlantic	0.48 DL
Pyrgocythara canoidissima		Western Central Atlantic
Pyrgocythara cinctella		Western Atlantic.	0.49 DL
Pyrgocythara densestriata		Western Atlantic.
Pyrgocythara filosa	Filose mangelia	Western Atlantic.	0.65 DL
Pyrgocythara hemphilli		Western Atlantic	0.89 DL
Pyrgocythara plicosa	Plicate mangelia	Western Atlantic.	1.32 DL
Rubellatoma diomedea		Western Atlantic.	0.97 DL
Rubellatoma rubella	Reddish mangelia	Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Saccharoturris monocingulata		Western Central Atlantic	0.68 DL
Stellatoma stellata		Western Atlantic	0.89 DL
Suavodrillia textilia		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Tenaturris bartletti	Barlett's turrid	Western Atlantic
Tenaturris decora		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL
Tenaturris dysoni		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL
Tenaturris inepta		Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL
Thelecythara borroi		Western Central Atlantic
Thelecythara dominguezi		Western Central Atlantic
Thelecythara floridana		Western Central Atlantic	0.9 DL
Thelecythara mucronata		Western Atlantic.	0.86 DL
Typhlomangelia lincta		Western Central Atlantic	1.17 DL
Vitricythara metria		Western Atlantic	0.75 DL

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