Contribution to the knowledge on Indian Marine Molluscs: Family Conidae
Author
Venkitesan, R.
Author
Barua, S.
Author
Hafiz, Md.
text
Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2019
119
2
165
184
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125
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26.
Conus ebraeus
Linnaeus
(Plate II fig. 22)
1758.
Conus ebraeus
Linnaeus,
Syst.
Nat
., ed.
10
: 715, no. 268.
2003.
Conus ebraeus
: Subba Rao,
Rec. zool. Surv.
India
, Occ. Paper No.,
192:
315, pl.82, fig.1.
Material examined
:
Andaman
and
Nicobar
Islands-
7 exs.
,
Kerala
-
2 exs.
,
Tamil
Nadu-
6 exs.
Measurements
(in mm): Length: 22.50-30.20; Diameter:
11.30-14.50; Aperture 18.40-27.10.
Distribution
:
India
:
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
,
Kerala
,
Tamil Nadu
.
Elsewhere
: South African coast, Malagasy,
Reunion
, Amirantes,
Seychelles
, Gulf of Aden,
Thailand
,
Indonesia
,
Philippines
,
China
,
Japan
, and
New Zealand
.
Remarks:
Conus ebraeus
appears to be a very rare species.