Conus (Cariboconus)  griffini (Petuch, 1990)

 

 

 

Three species described by Petuch, Conus griffini Petuch, 1990, C. gravesae Petuch, 1994, and C. harbisonae Petuch, 1994, are tentatively considered here to be synonyms of C. daucus because of their overall shell shapes, short spires, and diagonal subsutural fl exures (2).

Further exploration of the possibility that these three taxa might instead constitute one or more unique species is hampered by the fact that all three are known only by their holotypes (Petuch [1990], however, reported that a paratype of C. griffini exists in his personal collection) and that additional specimens similar to any of these three taxa were not discovered during the course of this investigation. Petuch’s (1988) figured specimen of “C. cf. eversoni” was later described as C. griffi ni by Petuch (1990) (2).

Petuch (1990) compared C. griffini with the extant species C.magellanicus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792, which Kohn (1992) recognized as a valid species (C. griffini was also compared by Petuch with C. kalafuti da Motta, 1987). Petuch (1994) compared C. harbisonae to C. griffini and C. gravesae to C.joelshugari Petuch, 1994, the last considered here to be a synonym of C. cf. largillierti Kiener, 1845 (2).

 

 

 

 

Conus eversoni Petuch, 1987 Primary Type Image

C, D. Cariboconus griffini (Petuch, 1990).

Holey Land Member, Bermont Formation.

Length 18 mm,

from the North New River Canal excavation, 5 miles south of South Bay,

Palm Beach County, Florida.

Note the characteristic color pattern composed of large longitudinal flammules.

 

(Petuch, 2011)

Conus eversoni

Holotype USNM 859878

mm. 18 x 8

Utila Island, Bay Islands, Honduras; 20 m

Photo Credit: Alan J. Kohn

 

7-8. Holotype of Conus griffini (Petuch, 1990) (2)

(CM 35733)

Dredged “from 15 m depth in North New River Canal, along US Highway 27,

30 km south of South Bay, Palm Beach County,

Florida” (Petuch, 1990: 103). Bermont Formation.

SL 15.3 mm; MD 7.8 mm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bibliografia Consultata

 

·        (1) - Edward J. Petuch, Charles Roberts The Geology of the Everglades and Adjacent Areas

·        (2) - HENDRICKS, Jonathan R. ,THE GENUS CONUS (MOLLUSCA: NEOGASTROPODA) IN THE PLIO-PLEISTOCENE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES - 2008