Conus gyratus

Conus gyratus (Morton, 1834)

Specific character: Spire elevated, with about five prominent volutions. Length, one inch.

Of this species I possess a solitary cast, from the calcareous beds of South Carolina.

I name and figure it on account of its being the first and only appearance of this genus in the strata now under consideration. It was found by Mr. Conrad ⁽¹⁾.


Conus gyratus mm. 25,4 Eocene South Carolina	Conus gyratus ⁽¹⁾ Plate X fig. 13	Conus gyratus Eocene – Florida Internal mold [Eric Kendrew]	Conus sauridens ⁽²⁾ Conus gyratus ? Devil's Eye; San Antonio F.; Smithville; TEXAS Caldwell

Conus gyratus BCGM 8932 Id. as Conus smithvillensis ? Eocene – Bartoniano Santee Limestone Berkeley County – South Carolina Bob Campbell Geology Museum Clemson University Works

Bibliografia Consultata

(1) - Synopsis Of The Organic Remains Of the Cretaceous Group Of The United StatesUntertitelIllustrated By Nineteen Plates. To Which Is Added An Appendix, Containing A Tabular View Of The Tertiary Fossils Hitherto Discovered In North America Autor Morton, Samuel George
(1a) - Synopsis Of The Organic Remains Of the Cretaceous Group Of The United StatesUntertitelIllustrated By Nineteen Plates. To Which Is Added An Appendix, Containing A Tabular View Of The Tertiary Fossils Hitherto Discovered In North America Autor Morton, Samuel George
(2) - Angelo Heilprin (1890) “The Eocene Mollusca of the State of Texas”. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 42 (1890), pp. 393-406 (15 pages)
(3) - Angelo Heilprin (1882) “On the Age of the Tejon Rocks of California, and the Occurrence of Ammonitic Remains in Tertiary Deposits”. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Vol. 34, No. 2 (May - Oct., 1882), pp. 196-214 (19 pages)