Conus balteatus Sower

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 : 170

12. Conus balteatus Sower by (Plate I fig. 12)

1833. Rolaniconus balteatus Sowerby, Conch. Illus. , pl. 37. fig. 58. 1877. Conus propingus Smith, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 19 (4): 222-231.

Material examined: Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 2 exs. Andhra Pradesh – 2exs. Tamil Nadu . 3 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 25.10-44.20 Diameter:

12.40-16.10 Aperture: 20.10-34.60

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Australia, Fiji, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Mascarenes, Mozambique and Samoa.

Remarks: C. balteatus is similar to C. rattus . Shells differ only slightly from their morphometry, less pronounced sculpture and often subangulates shoulder, and they intergrade in all characters.