Conus (Magelliconus)  harbisoni (Petuch, 1994)

 

Le tre specie Conus griffini, Conus gravesi e Conus harbisoni potrebbero essere sinonimi del Conus daucus (1).

Conus harbisonae is from the Fort Denaud Member, Caloosahatchee formation, Charlotte County (Florida)

 


 

 

Conus harbisoni Holotype (1)

mm. 17,9 x 9,4

 

A, B. Magelliconus harbisonae (Petuch, 1994).

Ft. Denaud Member, Caloosahatchee Formation.

Length 17 mm, from the Miami Canal excavation, 12 miles south of

Lake Harbor, Palm Beach County, Florida.

Found associated with a coralline bioherm composed of the corals Dichocoenia eminens and Dichocoenia caloosahatcheensis.

 

 

 


 

 

Conus harbisoni

mm. 27,0 x 13,4

Pliocene

Fort Denaud Member, Caloosahatchee formation, Charlotte County (Florida)

[AZFC N. 231-01]

 

Conus harbisoni

mm. 31,0 x 16,0

Pliocene – Caloosahatchee formation

[AZFC N. 231-00]

 

Conus harbisonae

mm. 23,3 x 11,6

(Petuch 1994)

(Loxahatchee Coral bioterms in Palm Beach County – Florida)

[AZFC 231-02]

 

231-02 and 2312-03 are Dauciconus harbisonae---griffini is much smaller and has a perfectly flat spire with a large nipple-like protoconch sticking up---and harbisonae is from the Fort Denaud Member of the Caloosahatchee Formation----it is not from the Holey Land Member of the Bermont Formation----the member is named after the Holey Land Wildlife Conservation Area in southwestern Palm Beach County, where the old Griffin Brothers Pit was located----they brought up both Caloosahatchee and Bermont fossils at the Griffin Pit-

Conus harbisoni

mm. 23,7 x 11,3

(Petuch 1994)

(Cape Coral – Florida)

[AZFC 231-03]

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Conus harbisoni

mm. 31,0 x 16,0

 [AZFC N. 231-00]

Conus harbisoni

mm. 27,0 x 13,4

[AZFC N. 231-01]

Conus harbisoni

mm. 23,7 x 11,3

(Petuch 1990)

[AZFC 2321-03]

Conus harbisonae

mm. 23,3 x 11,6

[AZFC 231-02]

Conus harbisoni

Holotype (1)

mm. 17,9 x 9,4

 

 

 


Bibliografia Consultata

 

·        (1) – Jonathan R. Hendricks (2008) “The Genus Conus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) in the Plio-Pleistocene of the Southeastern United States”