Conus lividus Hwass, 1792

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 : 176

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

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scientific name

Conus lividus Hwass
status

 

44. Conus lividus Hwass View in CoL in Bruguiere (Plate III fig. 36)

1792. Conus lividus Hwass in Bruguiere, Encyl. Meth. Vers., 1: 630.

2004. Conus lividus : Rao, Maitra, Barua and Ramakrishna, Fauna of Gujarat, State Fauna Series, 8 (2): 321. Zool. Surv. India.

Material examined: Andaman & Nicobar islands 5 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 23.65-46.50; Diameter:

14.70-28.50; Aperture: 21.20-41.30.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Gujarat, Kerala, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu.

Elsewhere: African coast, Malagasy, Reunion, Seychelles, Gulf of Aden, Indonesia, Philipines.

Remarks: It exhibits variation in shell morphology, some of these specimens are without any tubercles and the granulations on the body whorl are not prominent or sometimes even absent.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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