Conus eximius Reeve

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

30. Conus eximius Reeve (Plate III fig. 25)

1849. Conus eximius Reeve, Conch. Icon (1): 103

1884. Conus eximius Tryon, Manual of conch. 1 (6): 134.

Material examined: Andhra Pradesh, 3 exs. Pondicherry-2

exs., Tamil Nadu 6 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 28.20-48.40; Diameter:

17.40-21.60; Aperture: 24.10-29.30

Distribution: India: Bay of Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh. Elsewhere: Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Taiwan.

Remarks: C. eximius is most similar to C. lentiginosus , but differs in its less concave spire outline, often more prominent spiral sculpture and in the absence of brown axial flames.