Abstract

• Andrew Bay is ecologically and biologically significant marine area in Rakhine Coastal Region. This research is the first attempt to photo-document, record, and determine the relative abundance of Conus species in Rakhine Coastal Region. This study was carried out in three study sites of Andrew Bay in 2014. There were a total of 879 cone shells collected encompassing 30 known species. Most of the number of cone shells was found in Pearl Island which constitutes about 60.5% of the entire collection. The most abundant species are C. arestophanes, C. vinctus, and C. mustelinus. While the rare species include C. marmoreus, C. betulinus, C. ferrugineus, C. vexillum, and C. nussatella, and the rarest among those species are C. miles, C. quercinus, C. tessulatus, and C. virgo with only one specimen collected. Moreover, the diversity of cone shells found along the world oceans were also described.