Hebrew Cone Shell

With its unusual black and white colouring the beautiful markings of the Hebrew Cone would make a lovely addition to any shell collection.

Besides food gathering, people have always collected seashells for their natural beauty. In fact the Hebrew Cone is one of the earliest known keepsakes to be buried with a human.

In a large rocky cave in South Africa, one was unearthed from the grave of a Stone Age infant. It had been notched by hand, strung onto a pendant and clearly worn for many years.

Belonging to the large Conidae family of shells which exceed over 300 species in number, cone shells are perhaps one of the most popular collector groups after cowries.

They are very successful predators feeding on worms, molluscs and fish.

Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory have a highly developed system by which they are able to inject poisonous barbs into their prey prior to feeding.

The Hebrew Cone (conus ebracus) is a common shell found in Hawaiian and Indo-Pacific waters.

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Size: approx 2 - 2.5 cm long