Conus (Kuradoconus) andremenezi Olivera & Biggs, 2010
Common Name
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Status
Validity uncertain. A species in the C. praecellens-complex.
Type Locality
Aliguay Island, Philippines
Distribution
From the central to the northern Philippines, probably to Viet Nam and further west.
Maximum Reported Size
53 mm
Description
Shell moderately solid, and with a relatively high spire, and generally broader than most related forms. Biconical in shape. Last whorl is broadly conical, with raised spiral ribs that are not smooth but aways undulating. Raised ribs on the body whorl are well separated from each other, with interstices that have axial scales between them.
The body whorl has on off-white ground colour with characteristic purplish-brown spots that occur in zones; in the two darker zones, the spots generally cover more spiral ribs and extend into interspaces. The protoconch is decollated in most specimens, but when preserved it is a rounded conical shape, translucent, very light yellowish brown or off-white; the protoconch is followed by two white early teleoconch whorls that are lightly nodulose and angled at the periphery. The spots begin to appear on the periphery of the third or fourth teleoconch whorl, and typically these are more closely spaced to each other than are the larger spots in the later spire whorls.
References
- The Nautilus 124 (1): 1-19, 2010, p. 4-6, p. 2 fig. 1, p. 5 fig. 2.
