Conus tessulatus Born

Venkitesan, R., Barua, S. & Hafiz, Md., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge on Indian Marine Molluscs: Family Conidae, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2), pp. 165-184 : 180

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https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125

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scientific name

Conus tessulatus Born
status

 

67. Conus tessulatus Born View in CoL (Plate V fig. 48)

1778. Conus tessulatus Born, Ind. Rer. Nat Mus. Caes. Vinod. , p.131.

2000. Conus tessulatus : Subba Rao and Dey, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 187: 168.

Material examined: 5 exs from Indian seas

Measurements (in mm): Length 30.00 – 35.40; Width

24.00–27.10; Aperture - 27.00-30.00

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: South African coast, Malagasy, Amirantes, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan.

Remarks: Conus tessulatus occurs generally at with the large fishing harbours. Material present in ZSI as Lithoconus tessellatus .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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