Conus strombiformis (Gabb, 1873)
Description
Shell large, rathet thin, turbinated, spire elevated,
convex; whorls numerous, rounded on tlle angle, rudely nodose and sloping to
the suture, which is sharply cut but irregular. Body whorl curved above, pretty
regularly tapering in advance. Surface marked by a few distant revolving ribs,
which are most prominent, and most closely placed at the anterior end. Aperture
moderate, outer lip broadly, but not deeply, emarginate posteriorly.
Length 2.6 inches width 1.5
inch.
In general appearance this
shell is not unlike an incomplete Strombus, but on close examination it
proves to be a true Cone. Its blunt rounded spire and the imperfect
tuberculationn especially of the upper whorls separate it not only from the
fossil cones of Santo Domingo, but from all the species of the genus, with
which I am acquainted.
Bibliografia
Consultata
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(1) –
Pilsbry - Revision of W.M. Gabb’s Tertiary Mollusca of Santo Domingo
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