Conus proliferatus (King, 1953)

 

 

Description:

 

Adult shell 40-50 mm. in height, typically coniform, with a low, smooth spire (slightly stepped on immature specimens). Whorls flat or hollowed, suture channelled. Shoulder angle sharp. Very weak spiral ornamentation on the lower part of the shell. Aperture long and narrow, outer lip sharp; neither anterior nor posterior sinuses mark,ed. Columella smooth.

This species may be distinguished from C. haughtoni by its somewhat larger size, less ovate form, flatter spire and the sharp shoulder angle. But hybridization between the two species cannot be excluded. C. malacanus Hwass (incorrectly referred to by King as Conus malaccaensis) from Burma appears to be the closest relative, though the species resembles superficially also the well-known C. ponderosus Brocchi from the Transylvanian Miocene. After Aequipecten uloa, C. haughtoni and C. proliferatus are the most abundant species at the Uloa locality (Sudafrica) (1).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conus (Chelyconus) proliferatus (King, 1953)

Holotipo (Plate XII, Figs. 21, 23)

Uloa - Sudafrica (Miocene)

 

 

 

 

Conus malacanus

Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792

[ 52,9 x 31,8 ] – Caddalore, Tamil Nadu – India – 20/25 m. – 2018

[AZRC 307-01]

Conus malacanus 
mm. 50
Tamil Nadu, India

Conus malacanus

Hwass in Bruguiere, 1792

[ 49,2 x 29,9 ] – Caddalore, Tamil Nadu – India – 20/25 m. – 2021

[AZRC 307-02]

Conus (Chelyconus) proliferatus (King, 1953)

Holotipo

(Plate XII, Figs. 21, 23)

Uloa - Sudafrica (Miocene)

 

 


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