Contraconus berryi

Conus (Contraconus) berryi (Petuch, 1994)

Description: Shell of average size for genus, wide, stocky, broad across shoulder, with low, flattened spire; shoulder sharply-angled, edged with large, rounded carina; early whorls faintly coronate; body whorl orna-mented with very-numerous, extre-mely-fine, almost-obsolete spiral threads; anterior tip of body whorl with 18-20 large spiral cords; aper-ture proportionally-wide, enlarging slightly at anterior end.

Holotype: UF66444, Length 65 mm.

Type Locality: Pinecrest Beds, from Petuch Unit 4 ("Black Layer"), APAC pit, Sarasota, Sarasota County.

Remarks: Contraconus berryi is most similar to the other low-spired Pinecrest left-handed cone, C. schmidti Petuch, 1991 (Plate 96, Figures F, G), but differs in being a much broader, wider, and less-elongated shell with a slightly-higher spire, and in being a smoother shell with less-prominent spiral sculpture.

Etymology: Named for Dr. Leonard Berry, Department of Geography, Florida Atlantic University.

Contraconus berryi

mm. 58,7 x 30,4

Pliocene -Tamiami formation

[AZFC 234-00]

Contraconus berryi

mm. 52,6 x 27,0

Pliocene –Apac shell pits – Sarasota - Florida

[AZFC 234-01]


Contraconus berryi Holotype (UF 66444) UF locality SO017: Macasphalt Shell Pit B, Sarasota County, Florida. Tamiami Formation, Pinecrest Beds. SL 64.8 mm; MD 35.3 mm.	*Contraconus* *berryi* mm. 58,7 x 30,4 Pliocene -Tamiami formation [AZFC 234-00]	*Contraconus* *berryi* mm. 52,6 x 27,0 Pliocene –Apac shell pits Sarasota - Florida [AZFC 234-01]

Bibliografia Consultata

(1) - Petuch, E. J., 1994. Atlas of Florida Fossil Shells (Pliocene and Pliestocene Marine Gastropods).
(2) - Hendricks (2008) “The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States”