Late Miocene Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Crete (Greece). Part 2

Abstract

Late Miocene Conidae of Crete (Greece) have recently been evaluated for the genera Conilithes and Conus (Kalloconus). We continue this first inventory of the Miocene Conidae from Crete by discussing the genera Conus (Lautoconus), Conus (Stephanoconus), Conus (Plagioconus) and two species, not attributed to a subgenus of Conus. With the use of UV light, we recognized 17 species, of which five are new: Conus (Lautoconus) ictini sp. nov., Conus (Lautoconus) lauriatragei sp. nov., Conus (Lautoconus) damianakisi sp. nov., Conus (Stephanoconus) moissettei sp. nov. and Conus davolii sp. nov. Six species are first reported in the Late Miocene of Greece: Conus (Lautoconus) cf. baldichieri Borson, 1820, Conus (Stephanoconus) cf. taurinensis Bellardi & Michelotti, 1841, Conus fuscocingulatus Hörnes 1851, Conus (Plagioconus) elatus Michelotti, 1847 and Conus (Plagioconus) aquensis d’Orbigny, 1852. Six species are left in open nomenclature.

New Conorbidae and Conidae (Conoidea, Neogastropoda) records from the Middle Miocene of Hungary

“…inKovács & Vicián (2014: 73, fi g. 73) was interpreted as a Paratethyan representative of Conus (Lautoconus) lauriatragei Psarras, Merle et Koskeridou byPsarras et al (2022). Th e rich material allows us to designate another new species in the present paper: Monteiroconus strauszi n. sp.Remarks -Although we are aware of the recent discussions around the taxonomy of cone snails (seePuillandre et al 2015;Landau et al 2020;Psarras et al 2022), we follow herein the genus-level classifi cation ofHarzhauser & Landau (2016) for fossil conorbids and conids.Genus Kalloconus da Motta, 1991 Type species: Conus pulcher Lightfoot, 1786, by original designation Kalloconus gallicus is distinguished from its congeners by moderately low spire with straight outline. Th e species is a new record in the Pannonian Basin.Miocene distribution -Early Miocene: NE Atlantic (France), Proto-Mediterranean Sea (Italy).…”