Californiconus californicus California cone

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

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

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lexID:: 10953
AphiaID:: 581058

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

Category:: Lumache

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

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Californiconus californicus is (very) poisonous and the poison can kill you under circumstances!!!
If you want to keep Californiconus californicus, inform yourself about the poison and its effects before buying. Keep a note with the telephone number of the poison emergency call and all necessary information about the animal next to your aquarium so that you can be helped quickly in an emergency.
The telephone numbers of the poison emergency call can be found here:
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Overview Europe: European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists

This message appears for poisonous, very poisonous and also animals whose poison can kill you immediately. Every human reacts differently to poisons. Please therefore weigh the risk for yourself AND your environment very carefully, and never act lightly!

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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)