Conus musicus 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 : 178

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

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scientific name

Conus musicus Hwass
status

 

55. Conus musicus Hwass View in CoL in Bruguiere

1792. Conus ceylanensis Hwass in Bruguiere, Encyl. Meth. Vers., 1: 636.

2000. Conus ceylanensis : Subba Rao and Dey, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 187: 161.

Material examined: Tamil Nadu- 3 exs. Port Blair- Andaman- 3 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 30.20- 45.30 Diameter:

22.10 -25.40 Aperture: 27.30-36.40

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Indian Ocean and Eastern Pacific.

Remarks: This species can be distinguished by the presence of more pronounced darker dotting and the markings between the tubercles are blackish brown in most shells.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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