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Conus (Leptoconus) loxahatcheensis (Petuch, 1994)
Description (2): Shell of average size for subgenus, biconic, with high, pyra-midal spire and short compact body whorl; shoulder sharply-angled with small carina; shell smooth and shiny, with 8 wide, shallowly im-pressed spiral sulci around anterior tip; aperture narrow throughout.
Holotype: UF66428, Length 51 mm.
Type Locality: Loxahatchee Fauna, from US Highway 441 construction dig at 20-Mile Bend, Loxahatchee area, west of West Palm beach, Palm Beach County.
Remarks: Conus loxahatcheensis is most similar to the younger, stratigraphically-higher C. floridanus Gabb, 1868 (Plate 92, Figure J) from the Bermont, Fort Thompson, and Recent faunas, but differs in being a much broader, stockier shell with a much higher spire and biconic appearance. The new species gets quite large, with some specimens exceeding 65 mm in length.
Etymology: Named for Loxahatchee, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County.
Il Conus loxahatcheensis è considerato sinonimo del Conus cfr.largillierti.
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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) “
