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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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This Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was observed and photographed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas. The date stated here is when i photographed it, since there is no date on the specimen label. This is a common species occurring from east Florida to Brazil, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, including Texas. In another record (here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/906219), I observed this species live off the Texas coast. Like all other cone shells, this species is also poisonous, ans should be handled very carefully. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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This Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was observed and photographed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas. The date stated here is when i photographed it, since there is no date on the specimen label. This is a common species occurring from east Florida to Brazil, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, including Texas. In another record (here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/906219), I observed this species live off the Texas coast. Like all other cone shells, this species is also poisonous, ans should be handled very carefully. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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This Crown Cone, Conus regius Gmelin, 1791, was observed and photographed at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Texas. The date stated here is when i photographed it, since there is no date on the specimen label. This is a common species occurring from east Florida to Brazil, Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, including Texas. In another record (here: http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/906219), I observed this species live off the Texas coast. Like all other cone shells, this species is also poisonous, ans should be handled very carefully. Read more about this species in Tunnell et al. (2010) Encyclopedia of Texas Seashells, p. 237.
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Species #1
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Species #4
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Species #4
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Species #4
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Species #1
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38.1mm in diameter.
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38.1mm in diameter.
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1355 NW Solitary Is, 060507 8.9m
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Found in maui next to coral
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1355 NW Solitary Is, 060507 8.9m