Conus (Lautoconus) sp. 1

Figs 6, 20, 40C; Table 3

Material examined

GREECE – Crete • 1 spec.; 1990; Action spécifique du Muséum project (1989–1990) exped.; MNHN.F. A82982 .

Shell description

Medium-sized shell (SL: 35 mm, base broken) with low conical spire. Spire whorl outline conical. Early spire whorls conical, worn out. Later spire whorls conical, straight, slightly convex. Shoulder smooth, with maximum diameter below shoulder. Suture channeled. Subsutural flexure very shallow, very weakly curved, nearly symmetrical (Fig. 40C).

Description of colour pattern

The colour pattern consists of closely related, delicate, elongated, wavy spiral rows of dashes. On the spires, the pattern consists of very thin axial flammulae, closely related to each other. The flammulae are vaguely connected with a spiral band, at the center of the sutural ramp.

Remarks

This species is very similar in morphology (Table 3) to Conus (Lautoconus) ictini sp. nov. It differs in the wider shoulder and the relatively lower conical spire outline. It can also be distinguished by its relatively shallower subsutural flexure relative depth (SSFd = 4.88 in Conus (Lautoconus) ictini sp. nov.). Moreover, it displays a very different colour pattern from the brick-like pattern of Conus (Lautoconus) ictini sp. nov. (Fig. 6). Another species with a similar colour pattern on the last whorl is Conus (Leporiconus) suessi Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 (see Harzhauser & Landau 2016), but Conus (Lautoconus) sp. 1 does not possess striate spire whorls. Therefore, it does not match the description of Conus (Leporiconus) suessi .

Stratigraphic range

Upper Tortonian Crete, Greece.