Conus quercinus (Lightfoot)

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 : 179

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13186899

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scientific name

Conus quercinus (Lightfoot)
status

 

61. Conus quercinus (Lightfoot) View in CoL

1786. Conus quercinus (Lightfoot) , Cat. Portland. Mus ., pl. 6, no. 1501.

1966. Conus albonerosa Garrard, Journ. Mal. Soc. Aus. 11–12, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Material examined: Based on the published literature ( Franklin et al., 2009)

Distribution: Melvill & Standen (1898) reported this species from the east coast of India (as ‘ C. ponderosus ) without providing precise locality data. Kohn (1978) reported a museum specimen collected by Winckworth from Tuticorin. Elsewhere: Indo-Pacific.

Remarks: C. quercinus shells have obsolete spiral sculpture on the sutural ramps, a golden brown periostracum and an immaculate white colouration.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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