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Conus litteratus

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:10:24 -0800

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Conus eugrammatus

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:13:17 -0800

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Common Name: Literary Cone.

Adult Size: 35 mm.

Location: C. eugrammatus was described from the Hawaiian Islands (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: C. eugrammatus is a deep-water species, known from only a few specimens. The type material was dredged by the Albatross at depths of 106 to 422 m; other specimens have been dredged at depths from 56 to 120 m (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 373; Severns, 2000: 179.

Conus eugrammatus

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:12:55 -0800

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Conus augur

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:12:07 -0800

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Synonym: Conus magus.

Conus augur

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:12:33 -0800

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Synonym: Conus magus.

Pinaxia versicolor

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:17:34 -0800

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Common Name: Many-colored Rock Shell.

Adult Size: 15 mm.

Location: This species is well known throughout the Indo-West Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These thaidids are rarely encountered in shallow water and to depths of 80 m (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 250-251; Severns, 2000: 116.

Conus planorbis

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:11:18 -0800

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Common Name: Calf Cone.

Adult Size: 55 mm.

Habitat: This species is found at depths of 50-60 feet, on sand.

References: Severns, 2000: 183.

Pinaxia versicolor

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:17:14 -0800

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Tonna allium

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:16:05 -0800

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Location: This species is moderately common and ranges from the Fiji Islands westward into the Indian Ocean (Cernohorsky, 1972).

References: Cernohorsky, 1972: 110.

Tonna allium

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:15:40 -0800

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Location: This species is moderately common and ranges from the Fiji Islands westward into the Indian Ocean (Cernohorsky, 1972).

References: Cernohorsky, 1972: 110.

Tonna canaliculata

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:15:16 -0800

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Synonyms: Tonna cepa.

Location: This is the only species of Tonna which is common in the Pacific (Cernohorsky, 1972).

Habitat: It is commonly collected in the intertidal zone with hermit-crabs (Cernohorsky, 1972).

Remarks: Tonna cepa (Roeding, 1798) was reported (Tinker, 1949, as T. canaliculata (Linnaeus, 1758)) from a single specimen with a hermit crab caught in a fish trap at a depth of 30 m (Kay, 1979). Listed by Cernohorsky as Tonna cepa.

References: Cernohorsky, 1972: 108-109; Kay, 1979: 233.

Mitra litterata

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:18:14 -0800

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Synonyms: Mitra (Strigatella) litterata, Mitra(?) maculosa.

Common Name: Lettered Miter.

Location: M. litterata is distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific, from East Africa to the Philippines, Ryukyu Islands, Micronesia, and Polynesia (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These miters are among the most commonly occurring of the shallow water Hawaiian miters, found in holes and fissures on fringing reefs, under rocks on solution benches, and in tide pools. They are the second most abundant predatory gastropods on solution benches where they apparently prey exclusively on sipunculids (Kohn, 1970) (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 304.

Conus pennaceus

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:10:51 -0800

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Synonyms: Conus racemosus, C. auratus, C. episcopus, C. omaria, C. elisae.

Common Name: Pearled Cone, Arrow Cone.

Adult Size: 55 mm.

Location: C. pennaceus is a well known species throughout the Indo-West Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: C. pennaceus is one of the most common species of Conus on reef platforms (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 376-378; Morris, 1966: 249; Severns, 2000: 182.

Mitra litterata

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:17:54 -0800

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Conus nussatella

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:11:43 -0800

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Common Name: Slender Cone, Nussatella Cone.

Adult Size: 47 mm.

Location: C. nussatella is distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: C. nussatella is rather rare in the Hawaiian Islands, and specimens are only occasionally collected on reefs or dredged (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 376; Morris, 1966: 249; Severns, 2000: 182.

Tonna canaliculata

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:14:52 -0800

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Harpa major

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:16:53 -0800

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Synonyms: Harpa conoidalis.

Common Names: Common Harp.

Location: H. major is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific. Elsewhere in their range these harps are found on reef flats at depths of less than 1 m (Rehder, 1973) (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These harps occur in flat, sandy areas at depths of from seven to 20 m (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 284-285; Severns, 2000: 149.

Harpa major

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:16:28 -0800

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Tonna perdix

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:13:41 -0800

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Common Name: Partridge Shell, Partridge Tun.

Adult Size: 140 mm.

Location: T. perdix is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific from the east coast of Africa to Micronesia and Polynesia (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These tuns are the commonest representatives of the family in Hawaiian waters; they are sometimes found at depths of less than 3 m but are more abundant at depths of 5 to 10 m (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 233; Morris, 1966: 238; Severns, 2000: 80.

Tonna perdix

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:14:30 -0800

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