Conus (Jaspidiconus) laurenae (Petuch, 1994)
Description (2): Shell of average size for genus, distinctly cylindrical, with low, pyramidal spire; spire whorls stepped; shoulder sharply-angled, edged with low, rounded carina; body whorl ornamented with numerous very low, faintly-raised, thin spiral cords; anterior half of body whorl with 12-13 deeply-impressed spiral sulci; aperture narrow, widening slightly at anterior end.
Holoytpe: UF66441, Length 25 mm.
Type Locality: Pinecrest Beds Fauna (Kissimmee River Valley only), from Kissimmee River dredging at Fort Basinger, Highlands County.
Remarks: Conus Laurenae occurs with, and is most similar to, the other Kissimmee Valley endemic, C. jaclynae n. sp. (Plate 94, Figure H). The new species differs in being a broader, more-cylindrical shell with a much lower spire and in having faint spiral cords on the body whorl.
Etymology: Named for Ms. Lauren Smith of Weston, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Il Conus laureni (Conus laurenae) viene posto in sinonimia da Hendricks Con il Conus jaspideus (1).
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Bibliografia Consultata
(1) HENDRICKS, Jonathan R. ,THE GENUS CONUS (MOLLUSCA: NEOGASTROPODA) IN THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES - 2008
(2) Petuch (1994) “Atlas of Florida fossil shells : (Pliocene and Pleistocene marine gastopods) “
