Common Name

"Pongo Cone"

Status

Regarded as a form of C. bullatus.

Type Locality

East China Sea

Distribution

E. Africa to W. Thailand

Maximum Reported Size

69 mm

Description

This form usually lacks reticulated triangular spots but has more prominent fine white axial lines; some specimens are irregularly clouded with orangish to reddish brown. Larval whorls and adjacent 2 postnuclear sutural ramps light red. Later sutural ramps with orangish to reddish brown radial streaks and blotches, often fusing in late whorls. Aperture orange-brown marginally, dark brown-red deeper within.

Habitat & Habits

Slightly subtidal to about 20 m.

References

• Sci. Rep. Yokohama natn. Univ. sect. 2 (24): p. 21, pl. 4, figs 5a & b & pl. 5, fig. 5.