Cone Snail
Conus sauridens (Conrad 1833)
Location: Whiskey Bridge, Hwy 21, Bryan, Texas
Date: January, 2009
Formation: Stone City
Notes: Tropical snail that hunts and immobilize prey using a modified radular tooth along with a poison gland utilizing neurotoxins. Found three complete specimen and several fragments in a large deposit of Eocene era seashells along the Brazos river bank.
Date: January, 2009
Formation: Stone City
Notes: Tropical snail that hunts and immobilize prey using a modified radular tooth along with a poison gland utilizing neurotoxins. Found three complete specimen and several fragments in a large deposit of Eocene era seashells along the Brazos river bank.