CONIDAE 261 



brown dots sometimes present on sides. Interior of aperture pinkish white. 

 Color of spire is orange with large white splotches. Uncommon below 15 

 feet of water. 



Conus juliae Clench Julia's Cone 



Plate 14b 



Off northeast Florida to Tortugas. 



1% to 2 inches in length. Spire moderately high, flat-sided and with 

 about 10 to 12 whorls. Shoulders of whorls slightly rounded; sides nearly 

 flat. Color a pale pinkish brown to orangish with a moderate and indistinct 

 band of cream or white at the mid area. This is overlaid with a series of fine 

 spiral, broken lines or dots of brown. Spire whitish with axial, zigzag, reddish 

 brown streaks. A choice collector's item. Named after Mrs. WiUiam J. 

 Clench, a great contributor to the cause of malacology. 



Conns floridamis Gabb Florida Cone 



Plate i4d 

 North Carolina to both sides of Florida. 



1/4 to 1% inches in length. Spire well-elevated and slightly concave. 

 Sides of whorls flat. The top of each whorl in the spire is concave and also 

 has faint lines of growth. Color variable: usually white with elongate, rather 

 wide patches of light orange-yellow to yellow. Spire with splashes of color. 

 There is usually a white, spiral band around the middle of the whorl which 

 may have small dots of yellowish brown. Moderately common in shallow 

 water to 7 fathoms. 



Conus ftoridaniis floridensis Sowerby (pi. 146) is an extremely dark color 

 form with spiral rows of reddish brown dots and heavier mottlings. 



C. floridanus biirryae Clench is another color form from off the Lower 

 Florida Keys in which the spiral rows of brownish dots merge into solid lines. 

 The lower end of the shell in very dark brown to deep brownish black. Un- 

 common. 



Conus sennottorum Rehder and Abbott Sennotts' Cone 



Plate i4h 



Gulf of Mexico, from Tortugas to Yucatan. 



I inch in length, with a glossy, smooth finish. Slightly turnip-shaped. 

 Color variable: white to bluish white with spiral rows of very small brown 

 dots. Yellowish-brown maculations may be present. Moderately common in 

 18 fathoms off Yucatan. Named after John and Gladys Sennott. 



Conus sozoni Bartsch Sozon's Cone 



Plate 14c 



South Carolina to Key West and the Gulf of Mexico. 



