Conus glaucescens (G. B. Sowerby, 1834)

For this specimen only a representation is given through a drawing, without any description other than a hint that this specimen would be a variety of Conus ventricosus. The place where it was found is not even indicated. The shape represented in the drawing is undoubtedly that of Conus ventricosus, but the coloring seems to deviate considerably: on a white background, completely devoid of transversal lines that can be traced back to an alternation of brown dashes and white dots or lines, you can see large areas of brown which seem to be made up of transversal lines placed side by side to form areas of color developed in an axial direction. Only in correspondence with the lip, in the drawing are transversal traces attributable to those that characterize Conus ventricosus.


Conus glaucescens Pl. 54 fig. 60 In Index 1841, p. 3, no. 60, Sowerby added "variety mediterraneus Hwass"	Conus ventricosus mm. 24,6 x 12,7 – 2011 Matzaccara - Sardegna [AZRC N. 547-46]

Conus ventricosus 23,9 x 13,0 mm. 547-48 (Tunisia)	Conus ventricosus mm. 33,8 x 17,3 agosto 2002 - Sa Mesa Longa (Sardegna) [AZRC N. 547-00]

Conus mediterranues var. flammulata (Bucquoy, Dautzenberg & Dollfus, 1886)

Conus ventricosus var. carinata

Pl. XIII fig. 16

Var. ex colore 4, fïammulata B. D. D. D'un fond gris rosé avec de larges flammules rousses à contours anguleux, la fig. 16 de notre pl. XIII représente cette coloration chez un individu de la var. ex forma carinata.

Esempio di colorazione in un esemplare della varietà carinata.

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