Lithoconus parvicaudatus ( Sacco, 1893 )

Kovács, Z. & Vicián, Z., 2013, Badenian (Middle Miocene) Conoidean (Neogastropoda) fauna from Letkés (N Hungary), Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 30, pp. 53-100 : 74-75

Lithoconus parvicaudatus ( Sacco, 1893)

(Figs 77–78)

1893 Conus ( Lithoconus ?) parvicaudatus – SACCO, p. 28, pl. 3, fig. 25; varieties: turbinatissima, taurotessellata: p. 29, pl. 3, figs 26–27.

1964 Conus parvicaudatus Sacco – HALL, p. 155, pl. 26, figs 4, 7, 12–13 (cum syn.).

Material – 12 specimens.

Description – Shell medium-sized (SL: 30–48). Spire low, outline slightly concave. Spiral whorls striate, channelled. Shoulder angulate. Body whorl conical, outline gently concave, smooth with widely spaced ridges at the base. Subsutural flexure asymmetrically curved.

Remarks – The Letkés specimens correspond to the holotype (represented by FERRERO MORTARA et al. 1984, pl. 17, fig. 6) in overall morphology. The appearance of this rare Lower Miocene species in the Badenian is remarkable.

Distribution: Italy (LM). Hungary: Letkés (MM).