Conus amadis 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 : 169

publication ID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13186769

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scientific name

Conus amadis Gmelin
status

 

5. Conus amadis Gmelin View in CoL (Plate I fig. 5)

1791. Conus amadis Gmelin, Syst. Nat ., ed, 13: 3388.

2003. Conus amadis : Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 312, pl. 81, fig.6.

Material examined: Andamans. 5 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 25.20–32.40 Diameter:

15.30–19.20 Aperture: 28.10-34.40

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: China, Indonesia, Myanmar, New Caledonia, Persian Gulf, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand.

Remarks: Very common, Conus amadis was found to be a common species. The colour pattern on the body whorl varied widely within populations.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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