Vink (1984A) showed a wide range of color morphs in his figures as I do in my figures (Figs. 1A-E). Subsequent authors have described a number of species based on the color patterns found in the southern portion of the species range similar to those illustrated by Vink, 1984
Regardless, newly described taxa associated by me with Dauciconus daucus share a number of similarities. All have broad shouldered shells with depressed usually concave spire. All have 2 to 4 well developed cords on the early and middle spire whorls.
Specimens with more complicated color patterns, i.e., those with dark midbody markings, tend to come from the southern Caribbean or Brazil. However, typical specimens of the carrot cone occur in those places as well. Thus, I do not believe that the southern specimens could really represent a subspecies. For those who are interested in recognizing the Brazilian populations, Dauciconus daucus riosi (Petuch, 1986a) is the senior name. Dauciconus daucus boui (da Motta, 1988a) is the senior name for the central Caribbean shells.

Range: Widespread in the Caribbean from the Florida Keys to the little islands off the coast of Venezuela. The species is not found near the shores of the mainland of South America. Vink attributed records from Surinam & Brazil (Van Mol, 1973; Van Mol et al., 1967; Rios, 1975) to Dauciconus sanderi with query rather than to D. daucus.