Conus (Leptoconus) ronaldsmithi (Petuch, 1994)
Description (2): Shell small for genus, elongated, with moderately-high, pyramidal spire; shoulder sharply-angled, only obsoletely carinated; shell smooth, with body whorl ornamented with num numerous very poorly-developed, almost-obsolete spi-ral cords; anterior tip circled with 6 incised spiral sulci; aperture narrow throughout.
Holotype: UF66429, Length 34 mm.
Type Locality: Caloosahatchee Fauna, from Miami Canal dredging, 20 miles south of Lake Harbor, Palm Beach County.
Remarks: Conus ronaldsmithi is most similar to the younger, stratigraphically-higher C. floridanus Gabb, 1868 from the Bermont, Fort Thompson, and Recent faunas (Plate 92, Figure J), but differs in being a broader, stockier shell with a wider, more pyramidal spire, in having a less-carinated shoulder angle, and in having the faint spiral cord sculpture.
Etymology: Named for Ronald Smith, M.D., F.R.C.P. of Weston, Fort Laud-erdale, Florida.
E’ considerato sinonimo del Conus cf. largillierti (1).
E’ una specie presente dal Pliocene al Pleistocene.
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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) “
