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Conus achatinus Hwass

Description

2. Conus achatinus Hwass in Bruguiere (Plate I fig. 2)

1792. Conus achatinus Hwass in Bruguiere, Encyl. Meth. Vers., 1: 672, pl.330, fig.6.

2003. Conus achatinus: Subba Rao, Rec. zool. Surv. India, Occ. Paper No., 192: 321.

Material examined: Indian Seas - 10 exs.

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

18.30 – 24.60 Aperture: 27.10-38.40

Distribution: India: Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Maharashtra. Elsewhere: Indian Ocean.

Remarks: C. achatinus is similar to C. striolatus in shell characters

Notes

Published as part of Venkitesan, R., Barua, S. & Hafiz, Md., 2019, Contribution to the knowledge on Indian Marine Molluscs: Family Conidae, pp. 165-184 in Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (2) on page 168, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125, http://zenodo.org/record/13186120

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hwass
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Conidae
Genus
Conus
Species
achatinus
Taxon rank
species