Conus loroisii Kiener

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 : 176-177

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13186875

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03835B7A-E125-FF89-6618-FA61765BCE06

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scientific name

Conus loroisii Kiener
status

 

47. Conus loroisii Kiener View in CoL

1845. Conus loroisii Kiener, Spec. Gen. Icon. des Coq.Viv. , 2, p. 91, pl. 65, fig. 1.

1989. Conus huberorum da Motta, La Conchiglia , 21: 9–11, 2 text figs.

Material examined: Andhra Pradesh 2 exs. Maharashtra , 2 exs. Tamil Nadu- 3exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 32.00-38.30 Diameter:

14.40-16.30 Aperture: 10.00-13.10

Distribution: India:AndhraPradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Java, Philippines, Sri Lanka.

Remarks: Conus loroisii and C. figulinus appear similar, and both the species are sympatric in the northern Indian Ocean and Philippines and their specific characters either coincide or overlap as described previously.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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