Common Name

"Bock’s Cone"

Status

Regarded as a synonym (form) of C. sulcatus; see there.

Type Locality

Amboyana (Ambon), The Moluccan Islands, Indonesia

Distribution

From W. Thailand, throughout Indonesia and the Solomon Islands

Maximum Reported Size

79 mm

Description

With a broad last whorl, strongly tuberculate shoulder, variable in sculpture of last whorl, and brown.

Habitat & Habits

In 20 to 240 m.

Discussion

C. bocagei is separated from most other endemic cone species by ita angulated to subangulated (instead of rounded) shoulder and bluish ground color.

References

• Proc. Zool. Soc. London unnumbered (49), pt. 3: p. 636, pl. 56, fig. 7.