Conus biliosus (Roding, 1798)

Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S., 2009, 2250, Zootaxa 2250, pp. 1-63 : 24-25

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5323259

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A287BE-FFAE-A501-CFBA-C42FFA05A7D1

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scientific name

Conus biliosus
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14. Conus biliosus View in CoL [ Röding, 1798] (Figure 15)

Cucullus biliosus Röding, 1798: 39 View in CoL , no. 489 (representation of lectotype, Chemnitz 1788: pl. 139, fig. 1294 (42 x 25 mm); "Gulf of Mannar, between India and Ceylon ").

Conus punctatus Hwass View in CoL in Bruguière, 1792: 628, no. 23 (lectotype, MHNG (54 x 33 mm) ( Walls 1979); "Océan Africain").

Conus parvulus Link, 1807: 106 View in CoL (representation of lectotype, Martini 1773: pl. 63, fig. 707 (20 x 12 mm); locality unknown).

Conus roseus Lamarck, 1810: 37 View in CoL , no. 32 (lectotype, same as that of C. biliosus View in CoL ; "Antilles").

Conus piperatus Dillwyn, 1817: 401 View in CoL , no. 86.

Conus concinnus Sowerby II, 1866: 329 View in CoL , no. 438, pl. 28, fig. 646.

Conus sapphirostoma Weinkauff, 1874: 268 View in CoL .

Virroconus imperator Woolacott, 1956: 72 , fig. 3 (holotype, AMS (42 x 23.5 mm) ( Röckel et al. 1995); "Trinity Bay, Queensland, Australia ").

Conus biliosus meyeri Walls, 1979: 3 View in CoL (holotype, DMNH (44 x 24.5 mm) ( Walls 1979); " South Africa, Natal, Genezzano".

Conus neoroseus da Motta, 1992: 29–30 View in CoL ("Tabayas Bay, Luzon, Philippines ").

Material examined: MBMCS 114 , 28 specimens, SL 36–52 mm; SW 15–24 mm .

Description. Shell moderately small to large, solid, with a low gloss or dull finish; outline conical, sides straight or inflated posteriorly. Body whorl usually elongate, covered with numerous low and undulating spiral ridges from base to shoulder, ridges weaker near mid-body, below shoulder and heaviest near base; numerous axial and spiral growth threads, lines, and flaws often present, sometimes smooth. Shoulder wide, roundly angled, weakly coronated or undulate, usually slightly concave above. Spire low, bluntly pointed, sides straight to slightly concave, spire whorls distinctly coronate. Aperture moderately wide, uniform; outer lip nearly straight, moderately thick and sharp.

Distribution. Conus biliosus was reported to occur from Bombay ( Subrahmanyam et al. 1952) to Okha in Gujarat (as ‘ C. punctatus Chemnitz’) on the west coast ( Menon et al. 1961). In the east coast, it has been found as far north as Vizhagapattinam ( Mitchell 1867) to Madras ( Melvill & Standen 1898; Röckel et al. 1995), Rameswaram (as ‘ C. piperatus Dillwyn’) and Gulf of Mannar in the South ( Thurston 1890, 1895; Satyamurti 1952; Röckel et al. 1995).

The specimens described herein were collected from Keelakarai by diving in 15–20 m mainly on sand bottom and at Yerwadi by trawling in 10–35 m ( Table 6).

Remarks. The restricted distribution of C. biliosus only to two stations (S-18 & S-19) is yet to be studied.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

Loc

Conus biliosus

Franklin, J. Benjamin, Subramanian, K. A., Fernando, S. Antony & Krishnan, K. S. 2009
2009
Loc

Conus neoroseus da Motta, 1992: 29–30

Motta, A. J. da 1992: 30
1992
Loc

Conus biliosus meyeri

Walls, J. G. 1979: 3
1979
Loc

Virroconus imperator

Woolacott, L. 1956: 72
1956
Loc

Conus sapphirostoma

Weinkauff, H. C. 1874: 268
1874
Loc

Conus concinnus

Sowerby II, G. B. 1866: 329
1866
Loc

Conus piperatus

Dillwyn, L. W. 1817: 401
1817
Loc

Conus roseus

Lamarck, J. B. P. 1810: 37
1810
Loc

Conus parvulus

Link, H. F. 1807: 106
1807
Loc

Cucullus biliosus Röding, 1798: 39

Roding, P. F. 1798: 39
1798
Loc

Conus punctatus

Bruguiere, J. G. 1792: 628
1792
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