In July of 2020, Steven Lie (an avid collector from Indonesia) and friend of ours acquired these interesting cones off Sumbawa Island, superficially resembling Conus nobilis but upon closer inspection share traits of similar nobilis subspecies from neighbouring islands. It differs from it’s closest ally, the skinneri in pattern, and from the nominate species by having the white macules concentrated into adapical, central and basal zones (or bands) that appears on all the 3 other subspecies in Indonesia.
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