Varioconus taurinensis ( Bellardi et Michelotti, 1840 )

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 : 37

Varioconus taurinensis ( Bellardi et Michelotti, 1840)

( Figs 89–90 )

1840 Conus Striatulus Brocchi var. Taurinensis – BELLARDI & MICHELOTTI, p. 62, pl. 7, figs 12–13.

2013 Varioconus taurinensis (Bellardi et Michelotti) – LANDAU et al., p. 251, pl. 41, figs 4–6, 19, pl. 42, fig. 13, pl. 82, figs 6–7.

2014 Varioconus taurinensis (Bellardi et Michelotti) – KOVÁCS & VICIÁN, p. 88, figs 143–148.

Material – 1 specimen – Lăpugiu: M 60.8339.O.

Description – SL: 15.5. Spire irregular, variable, mamillate to high. The ultimate spiral whorl is higher than the preceding whorls, convex to step-like. Shoulder sloping. Body whorl conical, outline convex, smooth with fine ridges at the base. Subsutural flexure nearly diagonal.

Remarks – The species was relatively abundant in the Letkés assemblage ( KOVÁCS & VICIÁN 2014).

Distribution – Middle Miocene:Paratethys ( Hungary, Romania), Mediterranean ( Albania, Turkey).

Figures

Figs 89–90. Varioconus taurinensis (Bellardi et Michelotti), M 60.8339.O., Lăpugiu, SL: 15.5, apertural and abapertural views, (1.25×). – Figs 91–92. Varioconus taurorectus (Sacco), M 60.8355., Lăpugiu, SL: 55, abapertural and apertural views, (1×). – Figs 93–94. Varioconus vindobonensis (Hörnes), M 60.8297.F., Lăpugiu, SL: 33, apertural and abapertural views, (1×). – Figs 95–96. Conilithes antidiluvianus (Bruguière), M 60.9876., Coşteiu, SL:46, abapertural and apertural views, (1×). – Figs 97–98. Conilithes brocchii (Bronn), M 60.8276.A., Lăpugiu, SL: 17, abapertural and apertural views, (1.25×). – Figs 99–104. Conilithes canaliculatus (Brocchi): 99–100. M 60.8323A., Lăpugiu, SL: 26.5, abapertural and apertural views, (1×). 101–102. M 60.8323.B., Lăpugiu, SL: 24, abapertural and apertural views, (1×). 103–104. M 60.9890.A., Coşteiu, SL: 36, apertural and abapertural views, (1×). – Figs 105–108. Conilithes dujardini (Deshayes):105–106. M 60.9868.B., Coşteiu, SL: 31, abapertural and apertural views, (1×). 107–108. M 60.9868.A., Coşteiu, SL: 34, abapertural and apertural views, (1×). – Figs 109–110. Conilithes granularis (Borson), M 60.9863.D., Coşteiu, SL: 12, abapertural and apertural views, (1.5×). – Figs 111–112. Conilithes striatulus (Brocchi), M 608305.A., Lăpugiu, SL: 12.5, abapertural and apertural views, (1.5×)