Conus violaceus 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 : 181

73. Conus violaceus Gmelin

1791. Conus violaceus Gmelin, Syst. Nat ., 13th ed. Vol. 1: 3391, no. 51.

1792. Conus tendineus Hwass in Bruguiere, Encyc. Meth. Hist. Nat . des Vers., 1: 733-734, no. 127.

Material examined: Malabar Coast- 3 exs (Kerala- off Calicut) Tamil Nadu- 2exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 31.50-36.30 Diameter:

12.40-17.30 Aperture: 24.60-28.10

Distribution: India; Tamil Nadu-Pamban. Elsewhere: Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania.

Remarks: The occurrence of C. violaceus reported for the first time from India by Franklin et al., (2009). It is a very rare species along the Tamil Nadu Coast.