Conus ebraeus Linnaeus, 1758

(Fig. 4G–I)

Localities: Agatti, Amini, Androth, Bitra, Chetlet, Kadmat, Kalpeni, Kavaratti, Kilton and Minicoy

Habitat: Rocky intertidal, lagoons, sea grass bed

Depth: 0.2– 5 m

Specimens examined, observed: 10, 230

Length: 24–36 mm

Remarks: Conus ebraeus and C. judaeus Bergh, 1895 have morphologically indistinguishable shells but, as Bergh (1895: p. 162, Pl. 6) noted, they differ markedly in radular tooth morphology. Recent mitochondrial molecular genetics and restudy of radular teeth (Duda et al. 2009; Puillandre et al. 2014) support Bergh’s conclusion. The latter species was originally reported from the Philippines and subsequently from the Ryukyu Islands in the Pacific and the Seychelles Islands in the western Indian Ocean (Duda et al. 2009). C. ebraeus is widely distributed throughout the entire tropical Indo-West Pacific, but as yet its populations in the central and eastern Indian Ocean have not been tested for the presence of its cryptic close relative.