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Eoconus konradi (Kovacs et al., 2026)
Etymology (1)
Named after Konrád Deák, Hungarian shell collector, who donated the holotype to the HNHM.
Diagnosis (1)
Eoconus species with large, elongate shell, moderately low, gradate, conical spire, 10 teleoconch whorls. Beaded early, striate late spire whorls. Elongate, slightly rounded last whorl, non constricted at base, bearing spiral cords, narrow, straight aperture.
Description (1)
Large shell (max. SL 60 mm), moderately low, gradate, conical spire with pointed apex, teleoconch of 10 whorls. Early spire whorls angulate, beaded, later slightly concave, bearing 3 spiral cords. Elongate last whorl, 93% of total height, strongly angulate at shoulder, slightly rounded below, non constricted at base, bearing fine spiral cords on upper ⅔ of whorl and stronger,
oblique cords on lower third. Aperture narrow, straight. Subsutural flexure deep, strongly curved, slightly asymmetrical.
Remarks (1)
Eoconus konradi sp. nov. is characterized by its slender, elongate shell with low, gradate spire. It is clearly distinguishable from species of high spire (Eoconus deperditus) or of broad shell (E. conotruncus). It also differs from the widespread Eoconus diversiformis in morphology by its longer and slenderer last whorl, and non-coeloconoid spire. Eoconus konradi sp. nov. resembles E. gemmellaroi (Checchia-Rispoli, 1912) (Lutetian, S Italy) in overall morphology, but the early teleoconch whorls of the latter species are not beaded and its last whorl bears widely spaced spiral cords (Cecchia-Rispoli 1912, pl. 2, fig. 4). Eoconus semicoronatus (Vinassa de Regny, 1897) (Lutetian, N Italy) is also a similar form but differs by its slightly broader shell and coeloconoid spire (Vinassa de Regny 1897, pl. 22, fig. 9).
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