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Conus californicus
California Cone

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0405 2333 (2005-04-30)

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date of photo Jun 1983

location Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Conidae

order Neogastropoda

class Gastropoda

habitat Subtidal

notes These female cone snails are laying their eggs on drift kelp; the eggs will hatch into veliger larvae. But much of the time these cones live beneath the sand. They scavenge and hunt their prey by scent, injecting venom which paralyzes active prey. Depth 15 m.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names California Cone (ITIS ) California Cone (photographer)

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