Varioconus subraristriatus

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 : 36

Varioconus subraristriatus ( da Costa, 1866)

(Figs 83–86)

1866 Conus subraristriatus Costa – DA COSTA, p. 15, pl. 4, figs 2, 7 only.

1966 Conus (Cleobula) subraristriatus – STRAUSZ, p. 465, pl. 71, figs 3–5.

1973 Conus (Dendroconus) subraristriatus Costa – BOHN-HAVAS, p. 1070, pl. 7, figs 1–2, pl. 9, fig. 11.

2013 Varioconus subraristriatus (Pereira da Costa) – LANDAU et al., p. 250, pl. 40, figs 7–8, pl. 41, fig. 17, pl. 42, fig. 11.

2014 Varioconus enzesfeldensis (Hoernes et Auinger) – KOVÁCS & VICIÁN, p. 84, figs 3, 116–120 (cum syn.).

Material – 15 specimens – Coşteiu: M 60.9872., 60.10179., 68.19.; Lăpugiu: M 59.1840., 59.2003., 60.7676., 60.8310., 60.8335.L., 60.8336.H., 60.8337.M-N., 60.8345.A-D.

Description – SL: 28–44. Spire of moderate height, outline slightly convex, apex projected. Spiral whorls slightly convex, smooth. Shoulder rounded. Body whorl broadly ovate, smooth with fine grooves at the base. Subsutural flexure nearly diagonal. Colour pattern: widely spaced spiral rows of brownish dashes.

Remarks – V. enzesfeldensis (Hoernes et Auinger) was regarded as a synonym of V. subraristriatus by LANDAU et al. (2013). The species shows moderate variability in the height of the spire.

Distribution – Middle Miocene: Paratethys ( Austria, Bosnia, Hungary, Romania), Mediterranean ( Greece, Turkey).