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Lithograph Cone

Conus litoglyphus Hwass ex Bruguière 1792

Description

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Thick shell, up to 5 cm, with low spire and 5 rows of small granules at anterior end of whorl. Colour red with a mottled white band around the shoulders and across the body whorl. Aperture white. Habitat: loewr eulittoral, often under boulders. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmonf, 1997).
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bibliographic citation
Drivas, J.; Jay, M. (1987). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection Les Beautés de la Nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. 159 pp.
contributor
Edward Vanden Berghe [email]