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Conus retifer

netted cone

IUCN: least concernmarine

Menke, 1829Accepted name in the World Register of Marine Species.WoRMS 215537 ↗

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Bishop specimens

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Type specimens

1902

First collected

1982

Last collected

2026

Last seen alive in Hawaiʻi

Where Bishop collected it

45 mapped specimens. Localities of endangered species are shown approximately.

Two centuries of collecting

1900s1980s

The oldest Bishop specimen was collected in 1902 by A. Seale; A. Seale (Makatea). The Museum last collected it in 1982; iNaturalist observers have seen it in the wild as recently as August 17, 2026.

From the collection

Conus retifer, 270173Conus retifer, 270175Conus retifer, 270176Conus retifer, 270177Conus retifer, 270178Conus retifer, 270180Conus retifer, 270181Conus retifer, 270182Conus retifer, 284419Conus retifer, 199999Conus retifer, 200320Conus retifer, 200464

Alive today

14 research-grade iNaturalist sightings in the wild in Hawaiʻi since 2000. Most recent first.