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Conus
pennaceus from Seychelles Archipelago
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Written by Touitou David
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published January 14th 2004
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is the second time i am looking for coneshells in Seychelles archipelago.
This time i was able to catch three new species : Conus aulicus, Conus
pennaceus & Conus gubernator. Conus pennaceus is a rare shell there. I found only two of them. They were laying under medium pieces of dead corals. I found them in 2-4 meters deep. It is a really nice shell and very different from C. episcopatus & C. aulicus. The two specimens are different and GEM. As on dealers lists and in collections C. pennaceus never comes from this locality, I wanted to share with you the pictures of this particular & nice specie. Hope you will enjoy. |
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01 : Conus episcopatus - C. pennaceus - C. pennaceus
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02 : Mix of local coneshells : C. aulicus - C. episcopatus - C. canonicus -
C. pennaceus - C. varius - C. gubernator - C. zeylanicus
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03 : Mix of local coneshells : C. aulicus - C. episcopatus - C. pennaceus
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04 : Mix of local coneshells : C. varius - C. gubernator - C. zeylanicus
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