We're doing some low tide field work in the Monterey area. During a short beach walk in Pacific Grove tonight (24 July 2021) we spotted this nice shell of a California Cone Snail (Californiconus californicus). This species is not common in Bodega Bay, but see this post for a little more information: "Connections" from 19 September 2016.
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Hi Jackie,
Californiconus californicus ~ What a truly delighgtful name! (I hope the colleagues of the taxonomist responsible for it, took him out to dinner when it became official.)
And, as I suspected from your September 2016 post saying that this is the only species of cone snail found in CA, I found that it is also the only species within its genus.
Vishnu
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