Conus textile Linnaeus

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 : 180

publication ID

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

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03835B7A-E121-FF8A-65E6-F8D5700ECC2A

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Conus textile Linnaeus
status

 

68. Conus textile Linnaeus View in CoL (Plate V fig. 49)

1758. Conus textile Linnaeus, Syst. Nat ., ed, 10: 717.

2007. Conus textile : Ramkrishna, Dey, Barua and Mukhopadhya, Fauna of Andhra Pradesh, State Fauna series, 5 (7): 130. Zool. Surv. India.

Material examined: Andaman and Nicobar Islands- 3 exs. Andhra Pradesh (waltiar) 2 exs. Indian seas 8 exs. Maharashtra ( Bombay) 3 exs. Puducherry- 2 exs. Tamil Nadu. 2 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length 33.10-39.80; Diameter

10.50-14.40; Aperture-30.20-35.50

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: South African coast, Malagasy, Mocambique, Reunion, Amirantes, Seychelles, Persian Gulf, Indonesia, Philippines, Australia, Queensland.

Remarks: Conus textile shows wide variations in shape and colour patterns.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Neogastropoda

Family

Conidae

Genus

Conus

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