West Indian Alphabet Cone
Conus spurius
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Neogastropoda
- Family
- Conidae
- Genus
- Conus
Where to Find
Found in 19 diving areas across 14 countries and 5 regions.
- Aruba Leeward Coast, Aruba - 9 records
- Abaco, Bahamas - 1 records
- Bimini, Bahamas - 8 records
- Salt Island & Cooper Island, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Virgin Gorda & Anegada, British Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Jardines de la Reina, Cuba - 2 records
- Curaçao Southeast, Curaçao - 1 records
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 2 records
- Fajardo & East Coast, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- La Parguera, Puerto Rico - 1 records
- St. Croix, US Virgin Islands - 1 records
- St. Thomas & St. John, US Virgin Islands - 2 records
- Caribbean Coast, Guatemala - 1 records
- Corn Islands, Nicaragua - 2 records
- Huatulco, Mexico - 1 records
- Florida Keys, United States - 69 records
- Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti - 1 records
- Morrocoy & Chichiriviche, Venezuela - 2 records