Californiconus californicus California cone

Californiconus californicus is commonly referred to as California cone. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic.

Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA

Californiconus (Conus) californicus, California Cone.Estero Bluffs State Park,San Luis Obispo Co., California 2017

Courtesy of the author Marlin Harms, California USA, California, USA Marlin Harms. Please visit www.flickr.com for more information.

Uploaded by Muelly.

Image detail

Profile

lexID:: 10953
AphiaID:: 581058

Scientific:: Californiconus californicus
German:: Kalifornische Kegelschnecke
English:: California Cone

Category:: Ślimaki

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Conidae (Family) > Californiconus (Genus) > californicus (Species)
Initial determination:: (Reeve, ), 1844

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), USA
Marine Zone:: Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic.
Sea depth:: 0 - 45 Meter
Habitats:: Rocky, hard seabeds, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 0.79" - 1.57" (2,5cm - 4,0cm)
Temperature:: °F - 64.4 °F (°C - 18°C)
Food:: Carnivore, Clams, Predatory, Snails, Worms
Difficulty:: Not suitable for aquarium keeping
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Californiconus californicus
Kalifornische Kegelschnecke

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2017-08-05 19:25:31
Last edit:: 2024-11-17 20:15:45

Uwaga!

Trujący lub jadowity! Bardzo niebiezpieczny! Zachowaj ostrożność w obchodzeniu się z nim!

Info

Californiconus californicus (Reeve, 1844)

Californiconus californicus, commonly known as the Californian cone, is a predatory sea snail, that eats marine worms, fish and mollusks. It is also a scavenger.

This small cone snail lives unusual in the cooler, temperate waters of the eastern Pacific Ocean, The most species are tropical.

The Californian cone can be found in rocky and sandy areas,intertidal to subtidally down to 30 m depth.

Synonyme:
Conus californicus Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
Conus californicus var. fossilis T. S. Oldroyd, 1921 † · unaccepted (variety)
Conus ravus A. Gould, 1853 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)