Conus pulicarius

Flea-bitten Cone

Conidae

Collected by: Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor KingMary Eleanor King →Pele Expedition 1959 →
Collector number: 1 & 2
Date: September 18, 1959
Locality: Ewa, off
Island: Oʻahu
Region: Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Coordinates: 21.3879, -157.9909
Record type: Preservedspecimen

297 Bishop specimens of Conus pulicarius · collected 1898–2003Species page ›

Where it was collected

Collected the same day

On September 18, 1959, Pele Expedition 1959; Mary Eleanor King also collected 24+ other specimens.

Still here: Conus pulicarius observed near this locality

This specimen was collected in 1959. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 55 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2026-09-09.