Thanks for the info, Bob.  That may be why there are populations
of conus marmoreus in some places, while they are inexplicably
absent in other similar places.  I wonder if a textile knows the
difference in a bandanus and a marmoreus....they come a lot
nearer sharing habitat with bandanus than with marmoreus, but
marmoreus territory may be very near textile territory.  (Only
quoting my Tonga and Samoa experience.)
 
Cheers,
 
 
Don
IOTA OC-045
 
 
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> From: makuabob <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Conus information
> Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 2:33 AM
>
> Hey, Don.
>
> Don't put Conus textile and marmoreus in the same tank! They have
> a blood feud that must go back a million years. All other shells
> are ignored and the textile will go for the marmoreus... and vice
> versa. In cases of equal size, the textile usually wins. But the
> victor doesn't always eat the vanquished!
>
> Both of these criters show a fondness for cowries but also for certain
> other cones, with Conus flavidus high on their list of tasty treats.
>
> These were some of my Conus observations from when I kept a couple
> of aquariums of cones for cleaning shells.
>
>
> Aloha,
>
> makuabob (a.k.a. Bob Dayle)