Conus (Conolithus) farisi (Abbass, 1977)

 

 

Description:

 

Shell small, fusiform; spire conical, consisting of five to six whorls; whole outline shows median carina on either side of which the surface becomes either concave or almost straight; suture deep, linear; surface almost smooth; body whorl conical, higher than spire with posterior shoulder; surface smooth, with anterior seven to ten spiral cords separated by narrower interspaces (1).

 

Helvetian, Upper Sadat Member, Ramlyia

 

Description of Conus farisi also fits perfectly Conus canaliculatus and Conus brezinae.

 

 

 

Conus (Conolithus) farisi (Abbass, 1977)

Pl. IX Fig. 3 (1)

Holotype G593

Ramlyia

 

25 mm. - Helvetian

 

Conus (Conilithes) brezinae

mm. 18,5 x 7,7

Miocene – Badeniano

Letkes

[AZFC N. 393-03]

 

 

 

Conus brezinae

mm. 39,0 x 14,8

Miocene – Middle Badeniano

Hidas

[AZFC N. 393-04]

Conus (Conolithus) farisi

Pl. IX Fig. 3 (1)

Holotype G593

Ramlyia

25 mm. - Helvetian

Conus brezinae

mm. 21,6 x 9,1

Miocene – Badeniano

Markhaza village, Ungheria

[AZFC N. 393-02]

Conus brezinae

mm. 18,5 x 7,7

Miocene – Badeniano

Letkes

[AZFC N. 393-03]

 

 


Bibliografia Consultata

 

·         (1) – Houssein Abbass (1977) “A Monograph on the new Miocene Gastropod species in the Cairo-Suez district, Egypt“, J. Univ. Kwait Sci,4