Conus (Lindaconus)  streami (Petuch, 1994)

 

Description (2): Shell small for sub-genus, stocky, broad across shoulder, subpyriform, with rounded, convex sides on body whorl; spire low, pyramidal; spire whorls slightly canaliculate; shell smooth and polished, with 15-18 large spiral cords around anterior tip; aperture narrow; shoulder rounded.

Holotype: UF66432, Length 60 mm.

Type Locality: Pinecrest Beds Fauna (uppermost beds only), from Petuch Unit 3 ("pearly mussel bed"), Phase 6 pit, Quality Aggregates, Sarasota, Sarasota County. Inc.,

Remarks: A comparison of Conus streami with its closest relative, C. martinshugari n. sp. (Plate 93, Figure H) was given under the description of C. martinshugari. The new species has only been collected in the mussel beds (Perna conradiana Petuch Unit 3) at the Quality Aggregates and APAC pits in Sarasota.

Etymology: Named for Mr. Dale Stream of Sarasota, Florida.

 Per Hendricks (1) il Conus streami è sinonimo del Conus spurius.  

 

 
Conus streami
Holotype UF 66432
mm. 60,1 x 33,6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conus streami
mm. 64,6 x 37,7
Pliocene – Tamiami formation
[AZFC N. 242-00]
 

 

 

 

 

Lindaconus streami  (Petuch,1994)
mm. 91
Pinecrest Member, Tamiami Formation
Fruitville Member
APAC Pit, Sarasota FL
 
Collected by E. Petuch
Conus streami
mm. 64,6 x 37,7
[AZFC N. 242-00]
Conus streami (1)
Holotype UF 66432
mm. 60,1 x 33,6
Conus streami
mm. 40,7
Collected in the Fruitville Member (Petuch Unit 3) of the Tamiami Formation on 05/24/14.
SMR Aggregates, Sarasota County, Sarasota, Florida. Piacenzian Pliocene 2.6-3.0 M.Y.A.
 

 

 

 

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