Conus amini (Abbass, 1977)
Description:
Shell small,
biconical; spire low (not complete); whorl outline concave with posterior
astragal; body whorl constitutes great part of shell, shower posterior concave
shoulder with subrounded edge below which whorl becomes inflated then
contracted anteriorly into long beak with convex sides; anterior part of beak
crossed by five imbricating, inclined, wide, spiral cords followed anteriorly
by raised basal fasciole crossed by fine spiral cords; aperture narrow with
subparallel edge (1).
Asprella ornatissima (Martin) in Shuto (1969, Pl. 22, figs. 1,2,4,11,14) differs
from the specimen herein described as it show a proportionately narrower shell with spiral ornament over
the entire shell (1).
Helvetian, Lower
Geneifa Member, Geneifa
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Conus
amini (Abbass, 1977) Holotype G588 Pl. IX Fig. 2, 7 mm. 19
x 11 Vindobonian
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Conus ornatissimus
(Martin, 1882) RGM.
7424 mm. 35,5 Upper
Miocene - Ci Longgan, Java |
Conus
amini (Abbass, 1977) Holotype
G588 Pl. IX
Fig. 2 mm. 19
x 11 Vindobonian
– Geneifa |
Bibliografia Consultata
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(1)
– Houssein Abbass (1977) “A Monograph on the new Miocene Gastropod species in
the Cairo-Suez district, Egypt“, J. Univ. Kwait Sci,4