Conus marmoreus Linnaeus

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

50. Conus marmoreus Linnaeus (Plate IV fig. 38)

1758. Conus marmoreus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat ., ed, 10: 713.

2003. Conus marmoreus : Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 317, pl.79, fig.2.

Material examined: 02 exs from Marine survey- Indian seas .

Measurements (in mm): Length: 58.60- 82.50 Diameter:

28.60 –39-40 Apl: 54.10- 78.30

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

Remarks: This species is appears to be a rare species along the Indian Coast.