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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Conus ceylonensis, Hwass
Conus ceylonensis, Hwass.
Tryon, loc. cit., p. 23, pl. vi., figs. 94-100.
Abundant in the rock pools of the outer reef of Funafuti, in association with the preceding species. Numerous colour varieties are represented, among which is the var. sponsalis, Chemnitz.
Cuming collected this at Marutea, Paumotus*; Crosse and Marie report it from Ile Art, New Caledonia; and Melvill and Standen from Lifu. In a catalogue of the shells of Fitzroy Island,† Brazier notes it from there and from San Christoval, Solomons.
* * Reeve—Loc. cit., pl. xx., sp. 109.
† † Brazier—Journ. Conch., ii., 1879, p. 190.