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Conus loroisii Kiener

Description

47. Conus loroisii Kiener

1845. Conus loroisii Kiener, Spec. Gen. Icon. des Coq.Viv., 2, p. 91, pl. 65, fig. 1.

1989. Conus huberorum da Motta, La Conchiglia, 21: 9–11, 2 text figs.

Material examined: Andhra Pradesh 2 exs. Maharashtra, 2 exs. Tamil Nadu- 3exs.

Measurements (in mm): Length: 32.00-38.30 Diameter:

14.40-16.30 Aperture: 10.00-13.10

Distribution: India:AndhraPradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu. Elsewhere: Java, Philippines, Sri Lanka.

Remarks: Conus loroisii and C. figulinus appear similar, and both the species are sympatric in the northern Indian Ocean and Philippines and their specific characters either coincide or overlap as described previously.

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 pages 176-177, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125, http://zenodo.org/record/13186120

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Biodiversity

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