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Conus figulinus

Scientific Name:-
Conus figulinus

Common 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.

Threats:-

Not reported

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.
bioSearch v 1.2, © 2009, Bioinformatics Centre, National Institute of Oceanography, Goa, India




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