Conus terebra

Scientific Name:-

Conus terebra

Common Name:-

Terebra cone / Bachelor cone

Malayalam Name:-

Category:-

Mollusca

Status:-

Least concern category of IUCN

Description:-

Shell moderately small; Body whorl narrowly conical; outline convex at shoulder; Shoulder rounded; Spire moderately raised; apex bluntly pointed; spiral ribs nearly closer to shoulder; body whorl with broad spiral band on each side of centre varying from light gray to light brown; aperture narrow; outer lip straight; base tinged with violet; aperture white.

Threats:-

Not reported

Remark:-

Franklin and Laladhas (2014) recorded it from coast of Kerala

Habitat:-

Sandy substrate

Synonyms:-

Conus coelebs Hinds, 1843
Conus fusus Gmelin, 1791
Conus terebellum Gmelin, 1791 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus terebellum Linnaeus, 1758)
Conus thomasi G. B. Sowerby III, 1881
Cucullus albeolus Röding, 1798
Virgiconus terebra (Born, 1778)

References:-

Franklin, J.B. and Laladhas, K.P. 2014. Marine Gastropods of Kerala. Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, India, 186pp.

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