Conilithes brocchii ( Bronn, 1828 )
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https://doi.org/10.17111/FragmPalHung.2015.32.11 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/521F8796-FFDA-FFF7-D288-FE8AFD8DFCD5 |
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Felipe |
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Conilithes brocchii ( Bronn, 1828 ) |
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Conilithes brocchii ( Bronn, 1828) View in CoL
(Figs 97–98)
1828 Conus Brocchii – BRONN, p. 740.
2014 Conilithes brocchii (Bronn) – KOVÁCS & VICIÁN, p. 89, figs 150–151 (cum syn.).
Material – 9 specimens – Coşteiu: M 60.9870., 60.9882.; Lăpugiu: M 60.8276.A-B., 60.8317.A., 60.8319.A-B., 60.8933., 60.10595.B.
Description – SL: 14–16. Spire of low to moderate height, conical, outline concave. Whorls finely striate with raised edge. Weakly beaded apical whorls. Shoulder angulate. Body whorl elongate conical, outline straight. Subsutural flexure asymmetrically curved, of moderate depth.
Remarks – C. striatulus is a similar form but differs in flat and smooth spiral whorls.
Distribution – Middle Miocene: Paratethys ( Austria, Hungary, Romania), Mediterranean ( Greece, Italy).
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