Conus hyaena Hwass, 1792

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 : 175

37. Conus hyaena Hwass in Bruguiere (Plate III fig. 31)

1844. Conus mutabilis Reeve, Conch. Icon. , 1: Conus sp. No., 249, pl. 45, fig. 249.

2007. Conus mutabilis : Ramkrishna, Dey, Barua and Mukhopadhya, Fauna of Andhra Pradesh, State Fauna series, 5 (7): 129. Zool. Surv. India.

Material examined: Maharashtra - 9 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 34.20-38.10 Diameter:

16.50 -19.30 Aperture:29.30-32.60

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, Maharshtra, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Boroneo, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Sri Lanka.

Remarks: C. biliosus differs from C. hyaena in its tuberculate, straight last whorl outline and angulate shoulder as well as with convex outline and subangulate shoulder.