LAS ESPECIES DE Conus (MOLLUSCA: GASTROPODA: CONIDAE) EN LA REGION DE SANTA MARTA, CARIBE COLOMBIANO, CON NOTAS SOBRE SU ECOLOGIA Y DISTRIBUCION

Abstract

Fourteen species and subspecies of Conus from the Santa Marta area, Caribbean Sea of Colombia, are recorded and illustrated. The taxonomic status of some of them are briefly discussed; their habitat preferences (substrates, depths) and theirdistributional patterns inthe western Atlantic are comparatively analyzed.