Conus fumigatus Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792 Figure 20

New records.

Israel • 3 shs; north of Atlit; 32.7433°N, 34.9067°E; depth 40 m; 20 Sep. 2016; coarse biogenic sediment in a pool among rocks covered by coralligenous formations; grab; HELM project (sample NG40_2M); NHMW-MO-112930/LM/0175; size of the largest shell (illustrated shell 2, Figure 20D-F): H 7.2 mm, W 4.0 mm.

Remarks.

Conus fumigatus was first recorded from the Mediterranean Sea in Libya ( Röckel 1986) but not recorded again for three decades until a recent report from Syria (Ammar 2018). This is the first finding in Israel, filling the distributional gap from the Suez Canal northward; only shells of juveniles have been found so far.