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Taxonomy > Conidae > Conus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family) Conus purpurascens Sowerby I, 1833 Keen (1971) Sea shells of tropical West America. Marine Mollusks from Baja California to Peru. - p. 664 Brusca (1980) Common intertidal marine invertebrates of the Gulf of California. 2nd edition. - p. 184 Tenorio et al. (2012) The families Conilithidae and Conidae - The Conus of the Eastern Pacific. - p. 39 Tucker & Tenorio (2013) Illustrated Catalog of the Living Cone Shells. - p. 335 Bertsch & Aguilar Rosas (2016) Invertebrados Marinos del Noroeste de México. Marine Invertebrates of Northwest Mexico. - p. 238 Battaglia & Bertoli Battaglia (2020) Seashells of Las Perlas / Conchiglie delle Isole delle Perle. - p. 88 Statistics Frequency common - 52 localities (26.4 %) Sediment 72 (0 fine >> 100 coarse sediment) Size and comments The literature indicates a maximum length of 86mm; beach finds reach 70mm. Images Length 50.1mm. Taxonomy > Conidae > Conus < Previous species - Next species > (within the family)