Conus vanattai (Maury, 1917)
Shell solid, turbinate, the length
twice the width; remaining whorls seven,
their summits marked by arcuate growth-lines, not striate, slightly, broadly channeled;
body whorl sharply carinate at the
shoulder whence the sides taper evenly to the base, body sculptured with twelve raised,
revolving threads 3 mm. apart at
the center, closer at the base (1).
Length of shell 40, greatest width 20 mm.
This shell was collected by Professor Gabb in Santo Domingo and thought by him
to be a mutation of C. planiliratus, but it is evidently distinct.
It is named in honor of Dr. E. G. Vanatta of the Philadelphia Academy (1).
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Conus vanattai (1)
Plate
6 – Fig. 12 mm. 40 x 20 |
Conus
vanattai
Rio Mao 3, Cibao Valley, Rep. Dominicana Pliocene,
Cercado Formation mm. 20 |
Bibliografia
Consultata
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(1) - Maury, C. J., 1917. Santo
Domingo Type Sections and Fossils. Bulletins of American Paleontology, 5
(29 )
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