Conus figulinus 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 : 173-174

31. Conus figulinus Linnaeus (Plate III fig. 26) 1758. Conus figulinus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat ., ed, 10: 718. 2007. Conusfigulinus:Ramkrishna,Dey,Barua and Mukhopadhya,

Fauna of Andhra Pradesh, State Fauna series, 5 (7): 128. Zool.

Surv. India.

Material examined: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 4 exs. Andhra Pradesh 3 exs. Maharashtra , 2 exs. Pudhucherry, 6 exs. Tamil Nadu , 4exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 20.20-40.40; Diameter:

12.60-22.60; Aperture: 18.10-28.20.

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra,Pudhucherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: South African coast, Reunion, Amirantes, Seychelles,Persian Gulf, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Philippines, China.

Remarks: Conus figulinus is often mistaken for C. loroisii because of its similar shape, especially if the periostracum is intact. However, the absence of distinct brown spiral lines on the last whorl of C. loroisii distinguishes it from C. figulinus .