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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Apr 6.
Published in final edited form as: Nautilus (Philadelphia). 2010 Apr 6;124(1):1–19.

Figure 8.

Figure 8

Comparison of two morphospecies collected in Aliguay Island, Philippines. The specimen at the left is Conus miniexcelsus , and on the right is Conus praecellens , “Aliguay form”. Top: The whole shell; Bottom: A close-up of the protoconch and first few teleoconch whorls. Note the different shape and color of the protoconchs and the characteristic switch in Conus miniexcelsusfrom a triangular translucent purplish brown protoconch, to the ivory white first teleoconch whorls, and finally to the normal maculated pattern. There are characteristic sculptural differences in the early teleoconch whorls between the two specimens as well.