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Self-observed (own photograph)
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Cool leopard cone shell that is fairly common in Hawaii and can grow rather large (20cm+). This one was tiny, ~ 3cm.
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Date accurate give or take 3 days.
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The smaller cone-shaped shell to the left of the Alphabet cone is the Florida cone, Conus anabathrum. This shell is not very fresh. It may have been a brighter color when the animal was still alive.
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Worn shell, making it hard to identify. Shape is also a little confusing.
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A live specimen of the Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was found and collected at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the Texas coast, at 20 m depth. Note that collection in the sanctuary is restricted and only possible with a research permit, as it was the case here. The specimen was heavily encrusted with coraline algae which made its identification difficult. The specimen was sent to Conus expert, Dr. Alan Kohn, who cleaned the specimen and identified it as Conus regius. Although it is a common species, he had not studied its radula before, but it is now illustrated in is excellent book, Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean (Kohn, 2014), published by Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10229.html The animal had a bright red foot and proboscis, as seen in the photographs. I'm including a photo of a different shell to show how a clean specimen looks like. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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Some beach on Oahu. Date accurate give or take 5 days.
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A live specimen of the Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was found and collected at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the Texas coast, at 20 m depth. Note that collection in the sanctuary is restricted and only possible with a research permit, as it was the case here. The specimen was heavily encrusted with coraline algae which made its identification difficult. The specimen was sent to Conus expert, Dr. Alan Kohn, who cleaned the specimen and identified it as Conus regius. Although it is a common species, he had not studied its radula before, but it is now illustrated in is excellent book, Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean (Kohn, 2014), published by Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10229.html The animal had a bright red foot and proboscis, as seen in the photographs. I'm including a photo of a different shell to show how a clean specimen looks like. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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A live specimen of the Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was found and collected at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the Texas coast, at 20 m depth. Note that collection in the sanctuary is restricted and only possible with a research permit, as it was the case here. The specimen was heavily encrusted with coraline algae which made its identification difficult. The specimen was sent to Conus expert, Dr. Alan Kohn, who cleaned the specimen and identified it as Conus regius. Although it is a common species, he had not studied its radula before, but it is now illustrated in is excellent book, Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean (Kohn, 2014), published by Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10229.html The animal had a bright red foot and proboscis, as seen in the photographs. I'm including a photo of a different shell to show how a clean specimen looks like. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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A live specimen of the Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was found and collected at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the Texas coast, at 20 m depth. Note that collection in the sanctuary is restricted and only possible with a research permit, as it was the case here. The specimen was heavily encrusted with coraline algae which made its identification difficult. The specimen was sent to Conus expert, Dr. Alan Kohn, who cleaned the specimen and identified it as Conus regius. Although it is a common species, he had not studied its radula before, but it is now illustrated in is excellent book, Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean (Kohn, 2014), published by Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10229.html The animal had a bright red foot and proboscis, as seen in the photographs. I'm including a photo of a different shell to show how a clean specimen looks like. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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A live specimen of the Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was found and collected at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the Texas coast, at 20 m depth. Note that collection in the sanctuary is restricted and only possible with a research permit, as it was the case here. The specimen was heavily encrusted with coraline algae which made its identification difficult. The specimen was sent to Conus expert, Dr. Alan Kohn, who cleaned the specimen and identified it as Conus regius. Although it is a common species, he had not studied its radula before, but it is now illustrated in is excellent book, Conus of the Southeastern United States and Caribbean (Kohn, 2014), published by Princeton University Press: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10229.html The animal had a bright red foot and proboscis, as seen in the photographs. I'm including a photo of a different shell to show how a clean specimen looks like. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.