Pertusus Amabilis 1

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Found under rocks or in coral rubble on the seaward reef by day and emerging at night in ledges and small caves in white sand beneath coral boulders, collected by local fishermen at 30 meters deep on sand at night.

2.W1-0075.0076
1 Item

Data sheet

Family
Conidae
Genus
Rhizoconus
Species
Pertusus
Variety
Amabilis
Author
Lamarck, 1810
Size (mm)
48.1
Country
Philippines.
Locality
Mactan Is. Punta Engano.
Range
Indian Ocean from Chagos to the Seychelles, and, Maldives Is. the Mozambique, Western Madagascar to, the Mauritius Reunion Is., the Mascarene Is to Andaman Sea the Thailand
Phuket area and the Western Pacific Ocean Southern China Sea, the Philippines, Japan, to the Moluccas Is. in Indonesia and Western Australia, North Queensland, Solomons Is the Vanuatu, the Marshall Is. and Hawaiian Islands.
Grading
Gem
Collected in
1997
Ranking
*** uncommon
Meters
-30