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Pour les francophiles







Gem Centre Sea Shell

CONES DE POLYNESIE, POLYNESIAN CONIDAE
Author : David Touitou & Michel Balleton



Conus catus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792

Rareté : Très variable (Commun à Rare)
Habitat : Tahiti : au récif barrière. Tuamotu : Sur le récif, sous les morceaux de coraux morts au bord dans 50cm d'eau voir moins. Marquises : dans les flaques d'eau rocheuses en bord de mer.
Discussion : Cette espèce est rare à Tahiti et Moorea mais devient commune aux Tuamotu. Aux Marquises, elle est beaucoup plus sombre et porte le nom de forme : fuscoolivaceus Dautzenberg,1937.
Taille moyenne : 30-40mm
Rarity : Very variable (Common to Rare)
Habitat :

Tahiti : reef. Tuamotu : reef, under coral slabs in 50cm of water. Marquesas : in rocky pockets (shallow water).

Discussion : This species is rare in Tahiti but very common in Tuamotu. Tuamotu has a granulated variation while Marquesas is smooth but much darker. Marquesas variation may have a forma name fuscoolivaceus Dautzenberg,1937.
Average size : 30-40mm

Tahiti - Fresh dead - nuit - 10m
Atolls de Fakarava & Hao (Tuamotu) - 43 & 39 mm
Atoll de Hao (Tuamotu) - 38 mm & 39 mm
Conus catus f. fuscoolivaceus - 37 mm & 34.5 mm (Marquises de l'île de Nuku-Hiva récoltés en 1997)

 


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