Common Name

"Bou’s Cone"

Status

Regarded as a valid species; Tucker regards it as a form of C. daucus.

Type Locality

Pointe la Baleine, West coast of Martinique (Windward Islands)

Distribution

Martinique

Maximum Reported Size

37 mm

Description

A species within the "daucus-complex" valid according to Tucker ;glossy shell with a low spire; sharply carinate shoulder; spire whorls are lightly incised with numerous spiral threads; body whorl smooth but with several ridges at the anterior end; ground colour is golden-brown; spire with white and brown arcuate tessellations; axially-aligned strands of dark-brown from apex to the body whorl; white band in the mid of the body whorl overrunned by these tessellations; sparsely brown spots at the lower part of the body whorl; aperture white with a narrow golden rim on the edge of the outer lip.

Habitat & Habits

Sand and rocks.

References

• Pulblcoes Occ. Soc. Port. Malac. 7 (5): p. 41, figs A - C.