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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33.
Conus frigidus
Reeve
(Plate III fig. 27)
1848.
Conus frigidus
Reeve,
Conch. Icon
.
, 1
Conus suppl
., pl. 3, no. 284.
1873.
Conus maltzanianus
Weinkauff,
Syst. Conch. Cab
.
, p. 204, pl. 32, figs. 3–6.
Material examined
:
Gujarat
,
2 exs.
Tamil Nadu
3 exs.
Measurements
(in mm): Length: 36.00-45.10 Diameter:
13.00-16.50 Aperture: 19.30-24.50
Distribution
:
India
:
Gujarat
,
Tamil Nadu
.
Elsewhere
:
Australia
,
Cambodia
,
China
,
Fiji
,
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
New Caledonia
,
Philippines
,
Singapore
,
Solomon Islands
,
Taiwan
,
Thailand
.
Remarks
: This species can be confused with
C. flavidus
due to its similar colouration and morphology, but it appears somewhat larger in size, has a narrower, more conical and less convex-sided last whorl.