http://www.gastropods.com/5/Shell_3925.html  here is some information
with references.
and this one

http://bigai.world.coocan.jp/pic_book/data16/r001564.html

These are two of my favorite sites.

Martin

Paul Monfils wrote:
> I have one lot of shells received from India many years ago, labeled
> "Conus lemniscatus Reeve".  Recently I looked it up in Manual of the
> Living Conidae, and was surprised to find that the name "lemniscatus"
> isn't referenced anywhere in the book, not even as a synonym or an
> invalid name.  So then I started gooing through the Manual one plate
> at a time, and I found what I believe to be my shell, described as
> "Conus dictator".  Are these names syonyms?  And where did
> "lemniscatus" come from?  And where did it disappear to??

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