Description:-

Shell medium sized; elongately ovate; thin, body whorl extending upto half the total length of the shell; Sculpture composed of irregular spiral grooves; ; subsutural ridge seen; body whorl consisting of spiral grooves getting prominent towards the base; outer lip smooth; callus smooth with broad anterior canal; colour light brownish; ornamented with dark brown axial streaks; aperture whitish.

Threats:-

Not recorded

Remark:-

Bijukumar (2012) reported it from Kerala coast

Habitat:-

Synonyms:-

Buccinum bellangeri Kiener, 1834
Bullia (Bullia) tranquebarica (Röding, 1798)
Bullia bellangeri (Kiener, 1834)
Dorsanum belangeri (Kiener, 1834)
Plotia tranquebarica Röding, 1798 (original combination)
Terebra lineoloata G. B. Sowerby I, 1825

References:-

Biju Kumar, A. 2012. ‘Kerala Theerathe Kadal Jeevikal’ (Marine Animals of Kerala coast- A Field Guide). Kerala State Biodiversity Board, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 304 pp. (In Malayalam)