Conus (Lindaconus) jeremyi (Petuch, 1994)
Description: Shell small for sub-genus, broad, stocky, wide across shoulder, with low, stepped spire; shoulder angled but distinctly rounded; body whorl ornamented with very numerous, strong spiral cords; aperture narrow throughout; color pattern (when preserved) composed of 6-8 rows of large, rectangular patches.
Holotype: UF66431, Length 31 mm.
Type Locality: Pinecrest Beds Fauna (uppermost beds), from Caloosa-hatchee River dredging at Ortona Lock, Glades County.
Remarks: Conus jeremyi is most similar to, and is probably the ancestor of C. lemoni Petuch, 1990 (Plate 92, Figure L) from the strati-graphically-higher Bermont Fauna, but differs in being a much smaller, more slender and cylindrical shell with a higher, stepped spire.
Etymology: Named for Mr. Jeremy Shugar of Scarsdale, New York.
Viene considerato da Hendricks un sinonimo del Conus spurius (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) “
