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Conus quercinus

Description

61. Conus quercinus (Lightfoot)

1786. Conus quercinus ( Lightfoot), Cat. Portland. Mus., pl. 6, no. 1501.

1966. Conus albonerosa Garrard, Journ. Mal. Soc. Aus. 11–12, pl. 1, fig. 1.

Material examined: Based on the published literature (Franklin et al., 2009)

Distribution: Melvill & Standen (1898) reported this species from the east coast of India (as ‘ C. ponderosus) without providing precise locality data. Kohn (1978) reported a museum specimen collected by Winckworth from Tuticorin. Elsewhere: Indo-Pacific.

Remarks: C. quercinus shells have obsolete spiral sculpture on the sutural ramps, a golden brown periostracum and an immaculate white colouration.

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 179, DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i2/2019/144125, http://zenodo.org/record/13186120

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Additional details

Biodiversity

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

References

  • Franklin J. B., Subramanian, K. A.; Fernando, S. A; Krishnan, K. S. 2009. Diversity and distribution of Conidae from the Tamil Nadu Coast of India (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Conidae). Zootaxa. 2250: 1 - 63. Retreived from: http: // www. mapress. com. / zootaxa / 2009 / f / z 02250 p 063 f. pdf
  • Kohn, A. J. 1978. The Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of India. Journal of Natural History. 12: 295 - 335.