Conus elegans Sowerby

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 : 173

28. Conus elegans Sowerby (Plate II fig. 24)

1901. Conus elegans Sowerby, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1901: 334.

2003. Conus elegans : Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 315, pl.83, fig.3.

Material examined: Andhra Pradesh- 3 ex. Kavaratti- Lakshadeep- 1 ex.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 29.10-34.60 Diameter:

14.70-17.10 Aperture: 22.10-24.60.

Distribution: India: Andhra Pradesh. Elsewhere: Indian Ocean.

Remarks: C.elegans can be differentiated from C.aculeiformis with the last whorl encircled with rows of orange to brown dots, irregular blotches and axial streaks, often forming interrupted spiral bands below shoulder and on both sides of centre.