Conus (Lautoconus) sp. (Psarras, Merle, Moissette & Koskeridou,2024)

Description ⁽¹⁾

Shell ⁽¹⁾

Small-sized shell (max length of about 9.6 mm), with nearly straight spire. Spire whorl outline straight to slightly convex, with faint spiral groove on sutural ramp. Shoulder smooth, with maximum diameter below shoulder. Suture impressed. Subsutural flexure very shallow, moderately curved, moder­ately asymmetrical.

Colour pattern ⁽¹⁾

The colour pattern consists of one level of pigmentation of broad axial flammulae beginning at the sutural ramp and continuing axially along the last whorl.

Remarks ⁽¹⁾

This specimen (Fig. 6) is morphologically very similar to Conus (Lautoconus) ventricosus rhodesensis, but has a completely different colour pattern. We consider it to be a Conus (Lautoconus) species due to its spiral groove and the straight to convex spire, characteristics of this subgenus, but more specimens need to be found to describe this species. The pattern with axial flammulae is similar to other Conus (Lautoconus) species (see for example in Monnier et al. 2018b, Conus zebroides Kiener, 1848, Conus bulbus Reeve, 1843 and Conus guinaicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792) ⁽¹⁾.

Locality ⁽¹⁾. — TSS1 (TSS1 of Cornée et al. 2006, 2018), Rhodes, Greece, Ladiko-Tsampika Fm, Tsampika section (Fig. 1).

Horizon ⁽¹⁾. — Tsampika section, Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) of Ladiko-Tsampika Fm,

Stratigraphicrange ⁽¹⁾. — Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) of Ladiko-Tsampika Fm, Rhodes, Greece.

Bibliografia Consultata

·        (1) – Psarras, C.; Merle, D.; Moissette, P.; Koskeridou, E. (2024). "The Pleistocene Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from the island of Rhodes (Greece) and their palaeoecological significance". Geodiversitas. 46 (11): 433–444.

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