Hawaiian Conus — 
389 
Conus viridts Sowerby, 1857, Thes. ConchyL, 
3: 20, pL 5, fig. 102. 
Conus tahittensis^iMgxsikt^. Schmeltz, 1865, 
Catal. II Godeffroy, p. 20. 
Conus rattus Solander. Schaufuss, 1869, 
Molluscomm Syst. Cat. Paetel, p. 45. 
Conus tahitensis Bruguiere. Schaufuss, 1869, 
Molluscomm Syst. Cat. Paetel, p. 45. 
Conus ratus var. tahitensis. Ostergaard, 1928, 
B. P. Bishop Mus. Bull. 51: 29. 
Conus tahitiensis Ww^LSS (emend.). Dautzen- 
berg and Bouge, 1933, Jour. Conchy!., 
77: 89. 
Rhizoconus rattus (Bruguiere). Cotton, 
1945 , Rec. South Austral. Mus., vol. 8, 
p. 252. 
Conus tahitensis Hwass. Mermod, 1947, 
Rev. Suisse ZooL, 54: 208. 
Lithoconus rattus (Hwass). Kaicher, 1956, 
Indo-Pacific Sea Shells, Sect. 5, pi. 5, fig. 1. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell of moderate thickness; 
body whorl obsoletely striate near the shoul- 
der, but distinctly so near the base, the striae 
closely spaced; aperture rather narrow, sides 
nearly parallel. Shoulder angular, smooth; 
spire rather low, obtuse, striate. Color of body 
whorl yellowish or violet brown, with large 
bluish white spots and maculations forming 
an interrupted central band and another at the 
shoulder. Shell below central band densely 
flecked with white, above band sparsely 
flecked with white. Spire with alternate brown 
and white blotches, continuing to form band 
on body whorl at shoulder. Aperture violet 
within. Periostracum thin, yellow, translu- 
cent, smooth or with raised ridges near 
growing edge. In life, foot, rostrum and 
siphon dark olive green, mottled with black. 
length: Usually to 40 mm. A specimen 
collected by T. H. Richert on windward 
Oahu, and presently in the collection of the 
Children’s Museum of Honolulu, measures 
60 mm. 
TYPE LOCALITY: "Mers d’Amerique,” un- 
doubtedly in error. 
REMARKS: C rattus not uncommonly 
both on intertidal benches and on subtidal 
reef platforms. Pleistocene fossils are known 
from Oahu (Ostergaard, 1928) and Maui 
(Ostergaard, 1939). 
Conus retifer Menke 
Fig. 32 in Plate 2 
Conus Menke, 1829, Verz. Ans. Conch. - 
Samml. Malsburg, p. 68. 
Conus solidus Sowerby, 1834, Conch. Ulus., 
p. 3, pt. 56, fig. 76. (non solidus Gmelin, 
1791.) 
Cylinder solidus (Sowerby). Adams and 
Adams, 1853, Gen. Rec. Moll., 1: 255. 
Darioconus retifer (Menke). Cotton, 1945, 
Rec. South Austral. Mus., 8: 258. 
Cylinder retifer (Menke). Kaicher, 1956, 
Indo-Pacific Sea Shells, Sect. 5, pi. 7, fig. 10. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell very thick and solid, 
pear-shaped. Body whorl striate; aperture 
with almost parallel sides. Shoulder rounded, 
smooth. Spire elevated, acuminated, striate. 
Color reticulated orange brown with large 
and small white triangular markings, arranged 
as scales, and longitudinal chocolate and or- 
ange markings mostly interrupted to form 
two transverse bands. Color pattern of body 
whorl continued on spire; apex pink. Interior 
of aperture white or pale pink. Periostracum 
very thin, pale yellow, very translucent. In 
life, foot mottled brown. Tip of siphon Ver- 
million, followed proximally by white and 
black bands. 
length: 50 mm. 
TYPE locality: None. 
remarks: C. retifer is uncommon in Hawaii. 
Conus spiceri Bartsch and Rehder 
Fig. 8 in Plate 1 
Conus spiceri Bartsch and Rehder, 1943, Proc. 
Biol. Soc. Wash., 56: 87. 
Conus spiceri Dali, Bartsch and Rehder. 
Greene, 1953, Ann. Rept. Amer. Malacol. 
Union, Bull. 20: 28. 
description: Shell large and thick; body 
whorl m.arked by fine incremental lines and 
closely spaced spiral threads, becoming heav- 
