Conus rattus 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 : 179

62. Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiere (Plate IV fig. 44)

1792. Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiere, Ency. Meth. Hist. Nat . des Vers., 1: 700, no. 89.

2000. Conus rattus : Subba Rao and Dey, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 187: 166.

Material examined: Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2 exs; Tamil Nadu 3 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 47.60–96.50 Diameter:

24.40–48.60 Aperture: 45.10–91.30

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: South African coast, Reunion, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines

Remarks: It differ from C. balteatus in spaced, weaker and usually granulose ribs around the last whorl, the apex is not reddish violet and the aperture is bluish to purple violet behind a orange-brown margin.