Conus praecellens Adams
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59. Conus praecellens Adams View in CoL (Plate IV fig. 42)
1854. Conus praecellens Adams, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. , p. 119
1870. Conus sowerbyi var. subaequalis Sowerby Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. , p. 257, pl. 22, fig. 5.
Material examined: Tamil Nadu - 2 ex.
Measurements (in mm): Length: 38.10–48.00 Diameter:
19.00–25.50 Aperture: 22.00–24.20
Distribution: India; Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Madagascar, New Caledonia, Philippines, Somalia, Thailand.
Remarks: C. praecellens appears to be an extremely rare species along the Tamil Nadu Coast (Frnaklin et al., 2009). C. praecellens varies from C. acutangulus with very widely diameter and weakly sculptured last whorl with maculation of light brown.
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