The “Saffron Cone” used to be a rare species until the late 20th Century and was selected by S. Peter Dance as one of his fifty “Rare Shells” (1969). It is today however only uncommon and may be obtained at a fraction of its value in the old days. Widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific from Japan to East Africa, it is a hunting carnivore like other cones. Most specimens have significant growth scars, and large perfect specimens are still quite scarce. – Description adapted from Chong Chen