Conus (Conasprella)  susanae (Petuch, 1994)

 

 Description (2): Shell of average size for subgenus, stocky, truncated, broad across shoulder, with moderately-high, pyramidal spire; shoulder sharply-edged, bound by undulating carina with small, flattened bladelike knobs; body whorl sculptured with 20-22 deeply-impressed spiral sulci; aperture narrow, widening slightly anteriorly.

Holotype: UF66439, Length 21 mm.

Type Locality: Pinecrest Beds Fauna (upper beds only), from Petuch Unit 3, APAC pit, Sarasota, Sarasota County.

Remarks: A comparison of Conus susanae with its closest relative, C. marymansfieldae n. sp. (Plate 94, Figure E) was given under the description of C. marymansfieldae.



Etymology: Named for Ms. Susan Shugar Smith of Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

 

 

 

 
13-14. Holotype of Conus susanae (Petuch, 1994) (2)
(UF 66439)
UF locality SO017. Macasphalt Shell Pit B, Sarasota County, Florida. Tamiami Formation, Pinecrest Beds.
SL 21.0 mm; MD 11.5 mm.

 

 

 

 

 

Conus susanae
mm. 25,0 x 12,4
Pliocene – Tamiami Fm. – Fruitville Member
[AZFC 412-01]
Conus susanae
mm. 22,2
Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation
Aaggregates Pit, Lee County, Bonita Springs, Florida
Piacenziano
 

 

 

 

 

 

Conus susanae
mm. 25,0 x 12,4
Pliocene – Tamiami Fm.
Fruitville Member
[AZFC 412-01]
Conus susanae (2)
 (Petuch, 1994)
Holotype UF 66439
Sarasota County, Florida
Tamiami Formation, Pinecrest Beds
mm. 21.0 x 11.5

 

 

 

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