Mitrella? conoides ( Handmann, 1882 )

Harzhauser, Mathias, Landau, Bernard M. & Vermeij, Geerat J., 2024, The Dolicholatiridae and Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea, Zootaxa 5470 (1), pp. 1-92 : 73

Mitrella? conoides ( Handmann, 1882) species inquirenda

* Fusus conoides n. f.— Handmann 1882: 258.

Fusus conoides Handm. — Handmann 1883: 63.

[ Fusus ] conoides Handm. — Handmann 1888: 18

Type material. The former ‘ Rudolf Handmann collection’ is stored in the Kollegium Kalksburg in Vienna, a Catholic private school, but these specimens are lost .

Discussion. Handmann (1882) described three specimens from Baden-Sooss ( Austria) and one specimen from Gainfarn ( Austria), SL: 12 mm, MD: 8 mm. Handmann (1882) described a smooth shell with a high conical spire, nearly flat-sided whorls, a weakly angled base on the last whorl and a smooth columella. As already emphasized by Handmann (1882) this morphology is reminiscent of Columbellidae and therefore we exclude this species from Fasciolariidae . It is unclear if this species is conspecific with one of the Paratethyan Mitrella species described by Harzhauser & Landau (2021).