Conus arenatus Hwass, 1792

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

7. Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiere (Plate I fig. 7)

1792. Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiere, Encyl. Meth. Vers., 1(2): 621.

2003. Conus arenatus : Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 313, pl. 81, fig.2.

Material examined: Andamans- 11 exs. Indian seas- 6 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 25.60-40.10 Diameter:

11.40-17.60 Aperture: 23.20-26.50

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: African coast, Australia, Fiji, Gulf of Aden, Japan, Malagasy, Mauritius, Mocambique, Seychelles.

Remarks: The last whorl has widely spaced dark brown dots, as opposed to narrowly spaced dots reported by Kohn (1978).