Conus pertusus

Conus pertusus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1972) has an orange to pink shell with three spiral rows of white blotches, and a convex spire with a small and pointed apex. The coloration of pertusus cone is very variable, and some shells can be mostly white or pale yellow, with pale brown blotches. This cone it is considered a common specie and exists throughout the entire Indo-Pacific region excluding the Red Sea, ranging from the East coast of Africa in the west, Japan and Korea in the North, Hawaii in the East, and the Australian coast in the South. It is carnivore, feeding on other mollusks and its size range from 20 to 69 mm. C. pertusus inhabits sandy bottoms and under corals, and can be found at depths from 5 to 120 meters. C. amabilis (Lamark, 1810); Rhizoconus pertusus (Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) and C. festivus, (Dillwyn, 1817) are synonymous of the C. pertusus.