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Conus sponsalis
Marriage Cone
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Neogastropoda › Conidae
- Collected by
- Dranga, Ted T. & Ditlev Thaanum; ThaanumTed E. {should Be D.} Dranga →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 1886,kk
- Date
- 1936
- Locality
- Waimanalo; Rabbit Island, off {Also called: Manana Island}
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Conus sponsalis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1936. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 11 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2025-05-05.

2025-05-05
North Pacific Ocean, Pūpūkea, HI, US
(c) Robin White, some rights reserved (CC BY)

2024-07-21
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-15
North Pacific Ocean, Napili-Honokowai, HI, US
(c) hsug1747, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-03-18
Honolulu County, US-HI, US
(c) D. Torres-Pulliza, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-02-20
Point Panic
(c) Sara Thiebaud, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2022-01-08
Honolulu County, HI, USA
(c) David Rolla, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Conus sponsalis. BPBM 239327. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 36127192. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/239327.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 36127192 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
