Conus figulinus
Scientific Name:-
Conus figulinusCommon Name:-
Fig cone / Clay cone
Malayalam Name:-
Category:-
Mollusca
Status:-
Least concern category of IUCN
Description:-
Shell moderately large, heavy, outline convex; spire elevated; shoulder rounded; colour uniform brown, spiral lines encircling the body whorl becoming prominent towards body whorl; aperture white; periostracum dark brown.
Remark:-
Rao (2003); NIO database; Franklin and Laladhas (2014) reported it from Kerala coast
Habitat:-
Rocky, Sandy, Coastal
Synonyms:-
Cleobula figulina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Conus figulinus violascens Barros e Cunha, 1933
Dendroconus figulinus (Linnaeus, 1758)
References:-
Subba Rao, N.V. (2003). Indian seashells. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata (Part 1) 416 pp.
Franklin, J.B. and Laladhas, K.P. 2014. Marine Gastropods of Kerala. Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 186pp.
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