Conus vexillum Gmelin

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 : 181

71. Conus vexillum Gmelin

1791. Conus vexillum Gmelin, Syst. Nat ., ed, 13: 3397.

2003. Conus vexillum : Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 320, pl.79, fig. 4.

Material examined: Andaman – Port Blair - 4 exs. Tamil Nadu- Pamban – 2 exs. , Malabar coast (off Calicut) 3 exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length 38.10-42.00; Diameter

22.40 – 26.2 0 Aperture; 36.50-38.10

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kerala coast, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Indo-Pacific.

Remarks: An uncommon species probably restricted distribution.