After my recent trip to Hawaii, I have discovered that I have to take locality information with a grain of salt. I can't remember the species name at this moment but I found a live cone in about 6 feet of water with book information giving it's habitat as 65-80 feet.
NC is lucky to have the Gulf Stream off the coast...with SCUBA and also after storms, we often get species more common to areas further south. The many shipwrecks (accidental and artificial reefs) provide great habitat for mollusks.
Vicky Wall
Mayodan, NC



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From: "Leslie Crnkovic" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 6:51:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: [CONCH-L] Conus stearnsi in North Carolina?

I have found members of the stearnsi complex in deeper environments off
Texas and in Honduras.
So I'm not surprsed they are found of NC, given the flow of the Gulf Stream.
Mus are found in the deeper waters off NE Texas too.

Les Crnkovic

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David Kirsh
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2010 1:27 PM
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Subject: [CONCH-L] Conus stearnsi in North Carolina?

I remember being startled to hear Mark Johnson say that he had found Conus
mus near the wrecks off the NC coast.
David Kirsh
Durham, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: Lyle Therriault
Sent: Aug 25, 2010 8:16 PM
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Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Conus stearnsi in North Carolina?

Personally I have never seen nor collected them here in NC.
I mentioned to Marlo that I was suspect as to the ID of this cone.
Since they typically favor very shallow water, one would expect to find them
in the flats.
Perhaps I will search for some soon.....will let you know if I find any,
dead or alive.
Lyle Therriault

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