Common Name

"Beheloke Cone"

Status

Described as a subspecies of C. pennaceus in fact a synonym (form) of that species. See there: C. pennaceus f. behelokensis.

Type Locality

50 kms South of Tuléar, Madasgascar

Distribution

Madagascar

Maximum Reported Size

Unkown

Description

Last whorl ventricosely conical to sometimes conoid-cylindrical; early postnuclear whorls with straight to slightly convex sides. Ground colour greyish blue to greyish violet. Shells overlaid with olive, yellowish or orangish brown except for scattered groups of rather small ground-colour tents intergrade with shells with separate brown blotches and spirally as well as axially grouped tents between. Darker brown spiral lines prominent, dotted to solid, and variably articulated with small ground-colour markings.

Habitat & Habits

On coral reef.

References

• Rossiniana (43): p. 13, no 72, figs 63a-c.