ID request: cone snail?

[el_pinguino]

It's about 1/2 inch long.

 

[Calappidae]

I don't believe that's a cone snail.

That's some kind of conch but I'm not confident enough to throw species names out there.

 

[pagojoe]

It's a columbellid, AKA "Dove Snail." They are good guys.

Cheers


Don

 

[Betta132]

Cone snails don't display a spiral on top of their shell, as a general rule. The spiral is confined to the very end.

 

[el_pinguino]

It's a columbellid, AKA "Dove Snail." They are good guys.

Cheers


Don

:thumbsup:

 

[pagojoe]

Cone snails don't display a spiral on top of their shell, as a general rule. The spiral is confined to the very end.

You can't really go by that. They range from flat-topped to having a very elongated spire. None of them are "flattened" though (from a side view), unlike many of the columbellids.

Cheers,


Don