Conus coronatus Gmelin

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 : 172

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125
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scientific name	Conus coronatus Gmelin
status

Treatment

22. Conus coronatus Gmelin View in CoL (Plate II fig. 21) 1791. Conus coronatus Gmelin, Syst. Nat ., ed. 13: 3389, no. 39. 2004. Conus coronatus : Rao, Maitra, Barua and Ramakrishna,

Fauna of Gujarat, State Fauna series, 8 (2): 320. Zool.

Surv. India.

Material examined: Tamil Nadu- Hare island- 8 exs. Kurusadai island- 4 exs. Kavaratti – Lakshadeep- 4exs., Minicoy Island- 3 exs. Port Blair- Andaman- 3 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 35.20-48.30 Diameter:

24.10-27.50 Aperture: 29.60-37.40

Distribution: India: Andaman, Tamil Nadu Gujarat, Maharashtra

Remarks: Conus coronatus is a rare species along the Tamil Nadu Coast.