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Conus pulicarius
Flea-bitten Cone
Conidae
- Collected by
- Milton J. Flood; Ditlev Due ThaanumMilton J. Flood →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- Thaanum's Lot #: X432,b
- Date
- 1898
- Locality
- Hood's Bay
- Island
- New Guinea
- Region
- Papua New Guinea
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Conus pulicarius observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1898. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 316 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-25.
2026-10-25
Kamehameha Hwy + Ke Nui Rd, Pupukea, HI 96712, USA
(c) Madi Kelly, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-12
HI, US
(c) Denali, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-01
Acc. plage ta'ahiamanu, French Polynesia, PF
(c) Adam Trinklein, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-01
Nanumea, Tuvalu
(c) Adam Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-09-19
Windward Islands, French Polynesia
(c) Christopher Martin, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-09-16
Taha'a, French Polynesia
(c) Martin Holladay, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Conus pulicarius. BPBM 249572. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/249572.
Record sources
- Last harvested October 27, 2026