Conus augur Lightfoot

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 : 170

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03835B7A-E12B-FF80-65E6-FEC0772FCD81

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Felipe

scientific name

Conus augur Lightfoot
status

 

9. Conus augur Lightfoot View in CoL (Plate I fig. 9)

1786. Conus augur Lightfoot, Cat. Port.Mus , 44, no. 1046. 1798. Cucullus pulverulentus Roeding, Mus. Bolten : 44, no.

Material examined: Karnataka 6 exs.; Tamil Nadu 5 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 25.40-32.60 Diameter:

12.10 – 14.50 Aperture: 10.60-14.30

Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka

Remarks: Conus augur is presumed to inhabit sand substrates. It appears to be rare on the Tamil Nadu Coast.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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