Conus californicus

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 57 meters (0 to 187 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 30-Dec-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Conus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 27 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. anabathrum (Florida Cone) · C. armiger (Mace Cone) · C. attenuatus (Slender Cone) · C. aulicus (Courtly Cone) · C. californicus (California Cone) · C. cancellatus (Cancellate Cone) · C. daucus (Carrot Cone) · C. ermineus (Agate Cone) · C. flamingo (Flamingo Cone) · C. flavescens (Flame Cone) · C. floridanus (Florida Cone) · C. gloriamaris (Glory-Of-The-Sea Cone) · C. granarius (Sevan Trout) · C. granulatus (Glory-Of-The-Atlantic Cone) · C. jacarusoi (Gelatinous Snailfish) · C. jaspideus (Jasper Cone) · C. jaspideus verrucosus (Jasper Cone) · C. marmoratus (Chain-Forming Dinoflagellate) · C. mindanus (Bermuda Cone) · C. mus (Mouse Cone) · C. patae (Sunrise Cone) · C. regius (Crown Cone) · C. sennottorum (Speckled Cone) · C. spurius (Alphabet Cone) · C. stearnsii (Dusky Cone) · C. stimpsoni (Yellow Cone) · C. striatus (Striated Cone)

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Further Reading

• A catalog of recent Mollusca from all parts of the world. St. Petersburg, Fa: W.F. Webb, 19--. url p. 146, p. 47.
• Allan Hancock Pacific expeditions. [Reports] Los Angeles, University of Southern California Press. url p. 339, p. 369, p. 387, p. 396, p. 413, p. 444.
• Annual report - Western Society of Malacologists. Pomona, Calif., Western Society of Malacologists. url page 29, table 1 , p. 40.
• Annual report of the Laguna Marine Laboratory / Pomona College. Claremont, Calif.: Dept. of Biology, Pomona College, 1912- url p. 110, p. 74.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 216, p. 68.
• Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences Los Angeles, Calif.: The Academy, 1971- url p. 131.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 94.
• Catalogue of marine shells in Lorenzo G. Yates' collection, Santa Barbara, Cal. Santa Barbara, Cal., 1886. url p. 8.
• Contributions to a biological survey of Santa Monica Bay, California, by Olga Hartman. A final report submitted to Hyperion Engineers, Inc., by the Geology Department, University of Southern California, September 17, 1956. Los Angeles?1956? url .
• Contributions to biology from the Hopkins Seaside Laboratory of the Leland Stanford Jr. University. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1895-1904. url p. 199, p. 25.
• Ecological effects of an artificial island, Rincon Island, Punta Gorda, California / by G.F. Johnson and L.A. deWit; prepared for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Coastal Engineering Research Center. Fort Belvoir, Va.: Available from National Technical Information Service, [1978] url p. 25, p. 87.
• Essays in the natural sciences in honor of Captain Allan Hancock, on occasion of his birthday, July 26, 1955. Los AngelesUniversity of Southern California Press[1955] url p. 81.
• FWS/0BS. [Washington]Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. url p. 67.
• First annual report of the Laguna Marine Laboratory at Laguna Beach, Orange County, California. Claremont, Calif., Dept. of Biology, Pomona College, 1912. url p. 74.
• Fishery bulletin / U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service. Washington, D.C.: The Service: url p. 678, p. 681.
• Mammals of the Mexican boundary of the United States. A descriptive catalogue of the species of mammals occurring in that region; with a general summary of the natural history, and a list of trees. By Edgar Alexander Mearns. .. pt. 1. Families Didelphiidae to Muridæ. Washington, Govt. print. off., 1907. url p. 140.
• Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: The Academy, 1868- url p. 17, p. 199, p. 199, p. 23, p. 23, p. 25, p. 31, p. 32, p. 32, p. 40.
• Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 1 1931 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 472, p. 69, p. 71.
• Molluscan fauna from San Francisco bay, by E.L. Packard. Berkeley: University of California press, 1918. url p. 344.
• Molluscan world, San Diego, Calif., 1915. url , p. 124, p. 199, p. 2, p. 200, p. 7.
• Occasional papers of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco: California Academy of Sciences, url p. 10, p. 31, p. 58, p. 59, p. 66, p. 7, p. 89, p. 90.
• Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 193, p. 283, p. 308, p. 553, p. 601.
• Proceedings of the United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.] url p. 10, p. 171, p. 208, p. 220, p. 30, p. 537, p. 696.
• Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url .
• The Biological bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass.: Marine Biological Laboratory, url p. 28, p. 361.
• The Fernando group near Newhall, California / by Walter A. English Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1914 url p. 9.
• The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url , p. 103, p. 103, p. 104, p. 116, p. 116, p. 130, p. 130, p. 135, p. 39, p. 39, p. 41, p. 41, p. 55, p. 58, p. 9, p. 9.
• The Tertiary and Quaternary Pectens of California / Ralph Arnold. Washington: Govt. Print. Off., 1906. url p. 35.
• The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 97.
• Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 14 1966 [San Diego]: The Society, 1905-1989. url p. 128, p. 170, p. 179, p. 197, p. 220, p. 238, p. 240, p. 253, p. 254, p. 30, p. 333, p. 344, p. 38, p. 38, p. 439, p. 447, p. 468, p. 474.
• University of California publications in zoology. Berkeley: University Press, 1906- url p. 207, p. 344.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 3 1892 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 153, p. 351.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 5, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 30, 2008:

• Academy of Natural Sciences, Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Invertebrates

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2686724
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-75328
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 75328
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 509471

Footnotes

1. Mean = -50.550 meters (-165.846 feet), Standard Deviation = 173.720 based on 11 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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