Conus veatchi (Olsson, 1922)
Descrizione e caratteristiche:
Shell rather large,
heavy and broad, with a low, nearly flat spire, but pointed, slightly
projecting apex; spire-whorls about 10
in number, with a slightly raised border near the suture and marked with fine spirals which on the
last whorl number 10 or 11;
shoulder of the last whorl rounded or beveled; last whorl, large and broad, nearly smooth above,
except for the very faint spirals,
but with numerous, fine, irregular spirals on the canal; pillar straight; aperture straight and
narrow, slightly wider below.
Length 43, breadth 28 mm.
The present collection contains two specimens, the larger of which from Water Cay, serves as the holotype.
The species is very unlike any of
the associated Gatun species in its low, nearly flat spire. The Conus
demiurgus Dall, of the Chipola Miocene of Florida, is a related species.
It is named for Dr. A. C. Veatch, Director of the
Exploration Work of the Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, for his
interest and co-operation in obtaining the extensive collections which form the basis of the present
work.
Gatun Stage: Water Cay, Panama.
Gatun, C. Z.
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Conus veatchiHolotype
20894 (2) mm. 43 x 28
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Conus veatchiHolotype
20894 mm. 43 x 28 Gatun Stage: Water Cay Costa
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Conus veatchiHolotype 20894 Plate 2 fig. 5,8 (1) :
mm. 43 x 28 Plate 2 fig. 5,8 (1) Gatun Stage: Water Cay Costa Rica |
Bibliografia Consultata
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(1) - Olsson, A. A., 1922. The
Miocene of Northern Costa Rica with Notes on its General Stratigraphic Relations. Bulletins
of American Paleontology, 6 (39)
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(2) - Hendricks (2017) “Diversity
and preserved shell coloration patterns of Miocene Conidae (Neogastropoda) from
an exposure of the Gatun Formation, Colón Province, Panama”