Conus asiaticus lovellreevei  Raybaudi, 1993

Common Name

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Status

Regarded as a subspecies of C. asiaticus.

Type Locality

Off Madras, India

Distribution

South East India

Maximum Reported Size

43 mm

Description

Usually medium-sized, moderately solid. Last whorl ventricosely conical, slightly ovate, Shoulder angulate to carinate. Spire of moderate height, outline concave. Larval shell of 2- 2.5 whorls, maximum diameter 0.7-0.8 mm. First 3-6 postnuclear whorls tuberculate in first 1-6 in C. a. lovellreevei. Teleoconch sutural ramps nearly flat, with 0-1 increasing to 5-8 grooves in C. a. lovellreevei. Last whorl with strong, widely spaced major spiral ribs and ribbons, sometimes weakly granulose in C. a. lovellreevei and often strongly granulose in C. a. asiaticus; interspaces with distinct axial striae crossing spiral threads and 1-3 additional minor spiral ribs and/or ribbons. Ground colour white. In C. a. lovellreevei, last whorl usually adapically with sparse brown dots and axial streaks arranged in 1-2 spiral bands. Larval whorls white to brownish beige in C. a. lovellreevei; early postnuclear sutural ramps white to brownish beige in C. a. asiaticus, darker in C. a. lovellreevei. Late ramps with brown radial streaks and blotches. Aperture white.

Periostracum grey to brownish grey, thin, translucent, smooth.

Shell Morphometry

L 34-43 mm
RW 0.10 -0.15 g/mm
RD 0.54-0.59
PMD 0.73-0.83
RSH 0.16-0.20

Habitat & Habits

In 25-60 m.

References