Monteiroconus tietzei ( Hoernes et Auinger, 1879 )

Kovács, Zoltán & Balázs, Péter, 2015, Conidae (Neogastropoda) assemblage from the Middle Miocene of the Făget Basin (Romania) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 32, pp. 11-48 : 23-24

Monteiroconus tietzei ( Hoernes et Auinger, 1879)

(Figs 42–43)

1879 Conus (Lithoconus) Tietzei nov. form. – HOERNES & AUINGER, p. 28, pl. 1, fig. 3.

2014 Monteiroconus tietzei (Hoernes et Auinger) – KOVÁCS & VICIÁN, p. 79, figs 92–96 (cum syn.).

Material – 12 specimens – Lăpugiu: M 60.8278.C., 60.8293.A., 60.8335.K., 60.8339.J., 60.8346.A., 60.8347.B., 60.8945., 60.8968.D., 60.8972., 60.9852.E., 60.10162.; Nemeşeşti: M 60.8107.

Description – SL: 23–38. Spire of low to moderate height, outline concave. Spiral whorls striate. Shoulder subangulate. Body whorl conical, outline straight to slightly convex, smooth with fine ridges at the base. Subsutural flexure asymmetrically curved.

Remarks – The species differs from Kalloconus berghausi in higher and concave spire, and in subangular shoulder. M. mercati differs in elevated spire and in elongate body whorl.

Distribution – Middle Miocene: Paratethys ( Bosnia, Hungary, Romania).