Conus stearnsii

Gundersen, R. W. 1998. The Seashells of Sanibel and Captiva Islands. Author, Kenosha, Wisconsin. 32 pp.

Perry, L. M., and J. S. Schwengel. 1955. Marine shells of the western coast of Florida. Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, New York. 318, frontispiece.

Vink, D. L. N. 1991. The Conidae of the Western Atlantic, Part XV. La Conchiglia 22(261): 10–21.

Conus stearnsii: Has been considered a synonym or subspecies of C. jaspideus Gmelin, 1791, but Vink (1991) demonstrated that it is distinct, and it is here considered to be endemic to GMx. Reports of C. stearnsii other than in West Florida and the Florida Keys have not been confirmed and are usually based on specimens of C. pealii in which the spiral grooves reach only halfway up the shell, but the grooves in such cases are wider and the shell is generally somewhat broader than in C. stearnsii. The grooves in C. stearnsii can reach more than halfway up the shell, but are closer together near the shoulder than in C. pealii [GR].