Kauaʻi record · KCA-MOL-00045
Hawaiian Penniform Cone
Conus purus
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About Hawaiian Penniform Cone
Marine Life Photography labels a Kauaʻi specimen ('form Elisae, Kauai, 29 mm'); iNaturalist RG observations 67820400 (Poʻipū, 2002-12-30) and 320988061 (Baby Beach, 2025-10-14) have explicit island coordinates.
WoRMS AphiaID 429445 lists Conus purus as accepted; species account states it was formerly known in Hawaiʻi as Conus pennaceus and Conus leviteni.
Expert account states sand under rocks in tidepools to 15 ft; observation 67820400 explicitly reports it crawling in tidepools at low tide at night.
Accepted endemic cone with explicit Kauaʻi specimen, live tidepool observation, and recent island record. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Conus purus
- Common names
- Hawaiian Penniform Cone
- Other names
- Conus purus
- Record type
- species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Authoritative survey or expert evidence verifies Kauaʻi occurrence historically; community observations were not used to promote the record to CURRENT.
- Origin
- Origin not inferred from occurrence census
- Conservation status
- Not assessed
- Evidence limits
- Occurrence category and evidence are source-bounded. Abundance, trend, and living status are not inferred beyond the reviewed evidence.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Marine reef and nearshore
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal description
- Conus purus is included in the verified Kauaʻi mollusk census. Accepted endemic cone with explicit Kauaʻi specimen, live tidepool observation, and recent island record. Reconciled rule: undated expert occurrence or community observations do not independently establish CURRENT status.