Bonsoir à tous!



That is a minute answer to those asking for cone habitat info.



I read about conus regius being found under slabs. In Guadeloupe (central caribbean) they are 90% of times caught just resting on a barren rock, but most often with the front in a hole or crevice. The only one I found under a slab was a juvenile. Usual depth between 3 and 15 meters.

Conus spurius is caught by a sand-sucking dredge on coral sand+rubble at a depth of more then 20 meters (60 feet).

Conus daucus and conus magellanicus are caught on flat rocky bottom covered with small algae (english lawn type but 3mm high), from 1 to 10 m.

Daucus has also been caught on sand and small rocks.

Conus mus is caught on baterred (is that english? where the waves break) reefs between 0 and 2 m.

Conus mindanus is caught buried in sand from 10 to 20 meters; So is conus attenuatus.

Conus ermineus is caught in crevices on blocks of rocks, pretty deep.

Conus granulatus is said to be caught in crevices on battered rocks, but I know of 3 caught in sand by coral reefs in quiet areas???

Switching area, 

Conus desidiosus is caught on Tenerife (Canarias) from pools above sea level to a few meters deep under slabs in rocky areas with algae. They live in colonies and can crawl upside down under a rock (I found several having  group sex), which is not true for many cones, as I noticed in my aquarium.



Other cones another night, it is too late.

Yes, one more thing about good places to shell: here in south central France is a town called "Le Grau du roi"; Shitilly touristy in summer. But , when a strong south swell come in ( a few times every winter), there is ONE beach that become COVERED (20 cm high x 5 m wide x 1 km long) with shells, most of them live and good. I was there today and could collect roughly 60 different species.

Too bad for you shellers that the World Cup of Soccer happens in summer, because one of the stadiums is here and you could have mixed. Anyway for those of you (if any; Brasileiros, que fazeis? ) who'll come, you're welcome to talk shells.



J'allais oublier, Joyeux Noel à tous, et une Bonne Année 1998 pleine de belles peches aux coquillages.

My wife and I plan to visit OZ in 98 before possibly emigrating there for a while. Down unda, here we come in 98 !!!!!!!Tell your shells to dress up !!!



Des voeux spéciaux pour Janine Rodgers la-bas au Chili.



LAURENT FARAVEL