Conus balteatus Sower

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13186775

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scientific name

Conus balteatus Sower
status

 

12. Conus balteatus Sower View in CoL by (Plate I fig. 12)

1833. Rolaniconus balteatus Sowerby, Conch. Illus. , pl. 37. fig. 58. 1877. Conus propingus Smith, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 19 (4): 222-231.

Material examined: Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 2 exs. Andhra Pradesh 2exs. Tamil Nadu . 3 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 25.10-44.20 Diameter:

12.40-16.10 Aperture: 20.10-34.60

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Mascarenes, Mozambique and Samoa.

Remarks: C. balteatus is similar to C. rattus . Shells differ only slightly from their morphometry, less pronounced sculpture and often subangulates shoulder, and they intergrade in all characters.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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