Conidae : French Polynesia
Author : David Touitou & Michel Balleton 2004
Full Revision : October 2013 (David Touitou & Michel Balleton)
Last update : Feb 2016
Rarity Classification
Classement personnel de la rareté (*) :
Très commum – Commum – Peu Commum – Assez rare – Rare – Très rare
(*) = La rareté indiquée correspond aux années avant 2003-2004
Personnal rarity classification (*) :
Very common- Commom – Uncommon – Moderately Rare- Rare – Very rare
(*) = the rarity indicated refers to years before 2003-2004
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Click on the name of the shell to reach the specie details
Cliquez sur le nom d'espèce pour accéder à la fiche détaillée |
The thumbs below do not fit to the real scale of the shells as some
would be too small or to big if we respect sizes in %
A. Deep Water species from Marquesas
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Conus dieteri
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Conus hivanus
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Conus pepeiu
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C.pseudoimperialis
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Conus tiki
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Conus troendlei
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Images copyright : MNHN (Paris, France), MUSORSTOM 9 Mission, 1997
Conus pseudoimperialis have been also found in the Marquesas live by divers in 25-35m and is not restricted to deep water.
Conus tiki have been also trawled in the Tuamotu archipelago (TARASOC mission)
B. Deep Water species (Tarava Mount, Society, Tuamotu)
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Conus aphrodite
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Conus baileyi
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Conus cakobani
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Conus chiangi
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Conus darkini
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Conus dusavelli
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Conus finjiensis
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Conus lani
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Conus orbignyi
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Conus richardsae
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C. ochroleuceus
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Conus tirardi
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Conus paumotu
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Conus aito
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Conus tarava
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Conus tiki
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Images copyright : MNHN (Paris, France) ; TARASOC mission 2009 (Published : Xenophora Taxonomy N°5 October 2014)
Some other species trawled we already listed below in main iconography : Conus vappereaui, Conus luteus, Conus boutetorum
C. Main Iconography
(M): Marquesas color variation or Endemics
(PE): image from perlae.fr (website down)
(SP): image from www.shellspassion.com
(TUA) : Tuamotu color variation or Endemics
(CS) : image from ww.coneshell.net
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| C. arenatus |
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| C. auricomus |
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| C. retifer |
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| C. tessulatus |
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| C. textile (TUA) |
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| C. textile (TUA) | C. textile (TUA) |
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| C. textilinus (SP) |
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C. vexillum |
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| C. vitulinus | C. vitulinus |
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| C. vappereaui |
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