Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758

Ravinesh, Raveendhiran, Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju & Kohn, Alan J., 2018, Conidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Lakshadweep, India, Zootaxa 4441 (3), pp. 467-494 : 478

Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758

( Fig. 4G–I )

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

Habitat: Rocky intertidal, lagoons, sea grass bed

Depth: 0.2– 5 m

Specimens examined, observed: 10, 230

Length: 24–36 mm

Remarks: Conus ebraeus and C. judaeus Bergh, 1895 have morphologically indistinguishable shells but, as Bergh (1895: p. 162, Pl. 6) noted, they differ markedly in radular tooth morphology. Recent mitochondrial molecular genetics and restudy of radular teeth ( Duda et al. 2009; Puillandre et al. 2014) support Bergh’s conclusion. The latter species was originally reported from the Philippines and subsequently from the Ryukyu Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles Islands in the western Indian Ocean ( Duda et al. 2009). C. ebraeus is widely distributed throughout the entire tropical Indo-West Pacific, but as yet its populations in the central and eastern Indian Ocean have not been tested for the presence of its cryptic close relative.

Figures

FIGURE 4. A–C, Conus distans Hwass in Bruguière, 82x43 mm. Minicoy. (DABFUK, No. 131). D–F, C. distans Hwass in Bruguière, 60x32 mm. Chetlet. (DABFUK, No. 132). G–I, C. ebraeus Linnaeus, 32x19 mm. Amini. (DABFUK, No. 69). J–L, C. eburneus Hwass in Bruguière, 38x24 mm. Kilton. (DABFUK, No. 74). M–O, C. emaciatus Reeve, 37x20 mm. Kavaratti. (DABFUK, No. 75). P–R, C. figulinus Linnaeus, 36x19 mm. Agatti. (DABFUK, No. 76).