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Conus sponsalis
Marriage Cone
Conidae
- Collected by
- Ditlev Due Thaanum; Ditlev Due Thaanum
- Collector number
- Thaanum's Lot #: 10259,ee
- Date
- 1946
- Locality
- Diamond Head
- Island
- Oʻahu
- Region
- Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Conus sponsalis observed alive in Hawaiʻi
This specimen was collected in 1946. 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 249487. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/249487.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026