Conus sanguinolentus Quoy & Gaimard

(Fig. 8D–F)

Localities: Agatti, Amini, Androth, Bitra, Chetlet, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Kavaratti, Kilton and Minicoy

Habitat: Rocky intertidal, subtidal, lagoons, sandy shores

Depth: 0.2– 5 m

Specimens examined, observed: 20, 79

Length: 24–49 mm

Remarks: This is the first report of this species from India. Quoy & Gaimard (1834) described it from New Guinea. It has previously been reported from South Africa, the Red Sea, and elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific region but not from the central Indian Ocean (Kilburn & Rippey 1982; Röckel et al. 1995).