Hawaiian Conus — Kohn 
393 
dredged in 4-50 fathoms off the major islands. 
C. ambiguus'KtQvQ (1844, Conch. Icon., 1: 
pi. 44, sp. 244) appears to be extremely simi- 
lar and possibly identical. Some specimens 
collected in Hawaii have been labeled C. am- 
higuus. A definitive statement concerning C. 
ambiguus will not be made here, pending 
study of type material. 
Conus tessulatus Born 
Fig. 22 in Plate 2 
Conus tessulatus Born, 1778, Ind. Rer. Nat. 
Mus. Caes. Vind., p. 131. 
Conus virgo var. y Gmelin, 1791, Syst. Nat., 
ed. 13, p. 3376. 
Conus tessellatus Born. Bruguiere, 1792, 
Enc. Meth. Vers, 1: 641. 
Cucullus pavimentum Roding, 1798, Mus. Bol- 
tenianum, p. 41. 
Conus tessellatus Lamarck. Menke, 1828, 
Synopsis Methodica Molluscorum, p. 45. 
Conus tesselatus Lamarck. Dufo, 1840, Ann. 
Sci: Nat., Ser. 2, 14: 173. 
Conus desselatus Lamarck. Reichenbach, 
1842, Land.-, Siissw.- u. See-Conch., p. 51, 
pi. 17, figs. 376, 377. 
Conus tessellatus Bruguiere. Kiener, 1845, 
Spec. Gen. Icon. Coq. Viv., 2: pi. 17, fig. 1, 
p. 68. 
Dendroconus tessellatus (Born). Adams and 
Adams, 1853, Gen. Rec. Moll., 1: 250. 
Conus tessalatus Born. Theobald, I860, 
Catal. Rec. Sh. Mus. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 
p. 24. 
Conus tesselatus Born. Weinkauff, 1874, 
Jahrb. Deutsch. Malak. Ges., 1: 245. 
Conus tesselatus Bruguiere. G. R. Batalha, 
1878, Catal. Coll. F. R. Batalha, p. 25. 
Conus tessellatus Dautzenberg, 1893, 
Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 18: 80. 
Conus edaphus Dali, 1910, Proc. U. S. Natl. 
Mus., 38: 223. 
Conus tessullatus Born. Hirase, 1954, Ulus. 
Handbk. Shells, p. 88, pi. 113, fig. 17. 
Lithoconus tessulatus {Bom) . Kaicher, 1956, 
Indo-Pacific Sea Shells, Sect. 5, pL 5, fig. 11. 
DESCRIPTION: Shell fairly thick and stout. 
Body whorl smooth near the shoulder, bear- 
ing rather widely spaced impressed striae 
basally; base grooved; aperture narrow, the 
sides parallel; outer lip thin. Shoulder smooth, 
angular; spire concave, deeply striate, char- 
acterized by a ridge on each whorl at the 
junction of the preceding whorl; apex pointed. 
Ground color white, body whorl encircled by 
rows of quadrangular pinkish orange spots, 
usually crowded to form two transverse 
bands. Base characteristically stained with 
violet. Spire tesselated with pink and white. 
Interior of aperture white, violet at the base. 
In life, "y^llcjwish white, foot mottled with 
brownish buff, anteriorly spotted with black; 
creeping disk buff yellow with darker veins; 
siphon creamy yellow tinged with brown, 
edged with yellow, with a transverse black 
spot at the anterior end” (Garrett, 1878). 
length: 35-40 mm. 
TYPE locality: Africa. 
REMARKS: This species is extremely rare in 
shallow water in the Hawaiian Islands al- 
though it is widely distributed throughout 
the Indo-West Pacific region and reaches the 
west coast of Mexico (Hanna and Strong, 
1949). Only one specimen collected alive in 
the Hawaiian Islands is known with certainty 
to the writer. It was collected by S. Sato in 
Haleiwa Bay, Oahu, depth 25 feet, and is in 
the Children’s Museum of Honolulu, on loan 
from Mrs. Jean Bromley. 
C. tessulatus was recorded from Hawaii by 
Garrett (1878). Dautzenberg (1937: 244) 
states that it was also recorded from Hawaii 
by P. Fischer, but no further reference is 
given. Three specimens in the U. S. National 
Museum, collected by the U. S. Exploring 
Expedition, are labeled "Sandwich Is.” (and 
are shown in Plate 2, Fig. 22), but this locality 
datum is not to be considered reliable ( J. P. 
E. Morrison, verbal communication). 
Conus textile Linne 
Fig. 2 in Plate 1 
Conus textile Linne, 1758, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 
p. 717. 
