Conus madagascariensis Sowerby

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 : 177

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

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scientific name

Conus madagascariensis Sowerby
status

 

48. Conus madagascariensis Sowerby View in CoL (Plate IV fig. 37) 1858. Conus madagascariensis Sowerby , Thes . Conch. (3): 43, sp. 371, pl. 24, fig. 582

Material examined: 03 exs. from Marine survey Indian seas .

Measurements (in mm): Length: 54.60- 68.50 Diameter:

28.60 –34-40 Aperture: 42.10- 48.30

Distribution: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Thailand

Remarks: Conus madagascariensis can be distinguished from C. pennaceus by the presence of straight-sided apex and uniformly reticulate pattern on the body whorl.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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