Conus pertusus 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

58. Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguiere

1792. Conus pertusus Hwass in Bruguière, Ency. Meth. Hist. Nat . des Vers., 1: 686, no. 75

1817. Conus festivus Dillwyn, Descr. Cat. Rec. Shells , 1: 413, no. 116.

Material examined: Based on the published literature ( Franklin et al., 2009)

Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu (Gulf of Mannar). Elsewhere: Entire Indo pacific.

Remarks: This species is probably restricted to the Gulf of Mannar and appears to be a rare species along the Tamil Nadu Coast ( Franklin et al., 2009).