Description:-

Shell moderately large, fusiform, solid; Spire elevated with pointed apex; suture constricted; shoulders sculptured with compressed knobs; whorls sharply angulate; Sculpture composed of strong spiral ridges and intercepting axial striae; siphonal canal long; plications absent on columella; Aperture ovate and lirate within; outer lip strongly crenulated; aperture white; Colour white with reddish brown flame like markings extending throughout the surface.

Threats:-

Not reported

Remark:-

Bijukumar (2012) and Franklin and Laladhas (2014) recorded the presence of this species from kerala coast

Habitat:-

Synonyms:-

Fusus brenchleyi Baird, 1873
Syrinx nicobaricus Röding, 1798

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