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Conus (Lindaconus) micanopy (Petuch, 1994)
Description (2): Shell of average size for subgenus, elongated, distinctly conical, with flattened spire and canaliculate spire whorls; shoulder angled but rounded; body whorl ornamented with numerous fine, very low, al-most-obsolete spiral cords; aperture narrow; color pattern (when pre-served) composed of 25-30 rows of small, oval dots.
Holotype: UF66433, Length 93 mm.
Type Locality: Caloosahatchee Fauna, from Miami Canal dredging, 20 miles south of Lake Harbor, Palm Beach County.
Remarks: This large, new Caloosahatchee cone is most similar to the younger, stratigraphically-higher C. spurius Gmelin, 1791 (Plate 93, Figure F) from the Fort Thompson and Recent faunas, but differs in being more-cylindrical, more a straight-sided shell with a much lower, flattened spire and distinctly canaliculate spire whorls.
Etymology: "micanopy", Seminole for "big chief", in reference to the new species' size.
Hendricks considera il Conus micanopy come sinonimo del Conus spurius.
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