Conus coromandelicus (Smith)

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 : 172

21. Conus coromandelicus (Smith) (Plate II fig. 20)

1894. Conus coromandelicus Smith, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (6) 14: 159, pl.4, figs, 1-2. Type locality: Coromandel coast, types: NZC, ZSI.

2003. Conus coromandelicus : Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 314, pl.63, fig.1.

Material examined: 10 exs. Bay of Bengal , 68 fms-Station. 169 fms; Tamil Nadu - 2 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 30.20-42.40 Diameter:

26.50-28.50 Aperture: 27.40-39.10

Distribution: India: Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Gulf of Arabia. Sri Lanka

Remarks: C.coromandelicus is the only recent species placed in the genus Conorbis . Included this genus in the Conidae , because partial resorbtion of inner walls, a hallmark of Conus , also occurs in Conorbis ( Kohn, 1978, 1990).