Brocchi 1814 : 289
Hoernes 1878a : 195
Hoernes & Auinger 1879 : 49
Conus ( Chelyconus ) vindobonensis var. mariae
Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov 1960 : 213
Conus ( Chelyconus ) mariae Hoernes et Auinger, 1879
Hinculov 1968 : 150
Conus vindobonensis mariae (Hoernes et Auinger)
Ionesi & Nicorici 1994 : 62
Varioconus pelagicus ( Brocchi, 1814 )
Landau et al . 2013 : 247
Varioconus pelagicus ( Brocchi, 1814 )
Kovács & Vicián 2013 : 87
Conus pelagicus Brocc.
Lautoconus ventricosus ( Gmelin, 1791 )
Lautoconus pelagicus
Conus mediterraneus Hwass in Bruguière, 1792
Lautoconus ventricosus ( Gmelin, 1791 )
Conus ( Chelyconus ) pelagicus incertula
Conus incertula Sacco, 1893b
Lautoconus ventricosus
Plagioconus
Lautoconus pelagicus
Conus suessi Hoernes & Auinger (2013)
L. pelagicus
Plagioconus
Leporiconus suessi ( Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 )
A revision of the Neogene Conidae and Conorbidae (Gastropoda) of the Paratethys Sea
Harzhauser, Mathias
Landau, Bernard
Zootaxa
2016
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Brocchi, 1814
Brocchi
1814
[151,612,1196,1222]
Gastropoda
Conidae
Lautoconus
CoL
Animalia
Neogastropoda
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species
pelagicus
Conus pelagicusnob.— Brocchi 1814: 289, pl. 2, fig. 9. [ Chelyconus] [ Conus] Mariaen. f.— Hoernes 1878a: 195(nomen nudum). C.[ onus] Mariae— Hoernes 1878b: 207 (nomen nudum). Conus( Chelyconus) Mariaenov. form.— Hoernes & Auinger 1879: 49, pl. 6, fig. 7.
Conus( Chelyconus) vindobonensisvar. mariae( Hoernes und Auinger 1879)—Kojumdgieva in Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov 1960: 213, pl. 50, fig. 6. Conus( Chelyconus) mariae Hoernes et Auinger, 1879— Hinculov 1968: 150, pl. 37, figs 17a–b. Conus vindobonensis mariae(Hoernes et Auinger)— Ionesi & Nicorici 1994: 62, pl. 5, fig. 8. Varioconus pelagicus( Brocchi, 1814)— Landau et al. 2013: 247, pl. 39, figs 6–7, pl. 41, fig. 14, pl. 42, fig. 8, pl. 82, figs 1–2. Varioconus pelagicus( Brocchi, 1814)— Kovács & Vicián 2013: 87, figs 131–137. non Conus pelagicusBrocc.—Hörnes 1851: 31, pl. 3, figs 4a–d [= Lautoconus ventricosus( Gmelin, 1791)].
Typematerial. Lectotype(following ICZNArticle 74.6) stored in the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, Catalogue number 4668, Piacentino, Italy, Pliocene; illustrated in Pinna & Spezia (1978; pl. 18, fig. 4). The type locality of Conus mariae Hoernes & Auinger, 1879, which is considered to be a junior synonym of C. pelagicus, is the middle Miocene locality Bujtur in Romania. Studied material.1 spec. NHMW1861/0035/0004, Bujtur( Romania), illustrated in Hoernes& Auinger(1879, pl. 6, fig. 7); 2 spec. NHMW1868/0001/0387, Lăpugiu de Sus( Romania). Illustratedmaterial. Figs19A 1–A4, 17J: Bujtur( Romania): SL: 53.6 mm, MD: 24.9 mm, NHMW1861/0035/ 0 0 0 4, illustrated in Hoernes & Auinger (1879, pl. 6, fig. 7). FIGURE 19A1–A4. Lautoconus pelagicus(Brocchi, 1814), Bujtur (Romania), NHMW 1861/0035/0004. 19B1–B3. Lautoconus ponderosus(Brocchi, 1814), Steinebrunn (Austria), NHMW 1846/0037/0064. 19C1–C3. Lautoconus ponderosus(Brocchi, 1814), Steinebrunn (Austria), GBA 1856/004/0001/01. Revised description.Medium-sized, biconical, solid, glossy shells with high conical spire; early spire whorls probably tuberculate; spire whorls flat to weakly convex, not striate; suture narrow but deeply impressed, almost canaliculated. Subsutural flexure shallow, moderately curved, moderately asymmetrical; last spire whorl weakly concave; indistinct angulation on shoulder; last whorl slightly ventricose, constricted at base. No spiral sculpture except for several spiral cords on base. Aperture moderately narrow. Siphonal fasciole strongly swollen, convex, twisted; inner lip narrow, straight; siphonal canal moderately long, reflected. Colour pattern under UV light consisting of flammulae on shoulder and spire and irregularly spaced short dashes on the entire last whorl, forming three broad bands separated by two fluorescing bands.
Shell measurements and ratios. Three specimens are available: largest specimen SL: 57.6 mm, MD: 28.2 mm, spire angle: 82/85/83°, last whorl angle: 33/35/32, LW: 2.04/2.09/2.15, RD: 0.59/0.59/0.56, PMD: 0.86/0.88/ 0.91, RSH: 0.17/0.18/0.17; spire angle: 95°, last whorl angle: 37°; second specimen: SL: 50.4 mm, MD: 25.2 mm, LW: 2.0, RD: 0.64, PMD: 0.85, RSH: 0.22.
Discussion.Differs from the somewhat similar Conus s.l. posticestriatus(Kojumdgieva in Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov 1960)by the absence of any spiral grooves on the spire whorls, the constricted base and the reflected siphonal canal. Hall (1894) and Landau et al. (2013)synonymized Conus mariae Hoernes & Auinger, 1879with Lautoconus pelagicus( Brocchi, 1814), which is followed herein.
Lautoconus pelagicuswas also reported from the ViennaBasin by Hörnes (1851, pl. 3, fig. 4). Later, Hoernes & Auinger (1879)recognized this specimen as a recent Conus mediterraneusHwass in Bruguière, 1792[= Lautoconus ventricosus( Gmelin, 1791)]. Although Sacco (1893b)was aware of that statement by Hoernes & Auinger (1879), he doubted that the question was solved and introduced Conus( Chelyconus) pelagicus incertulaas new variation name. The specimen is still stored in the GBA collection (GBA 1856/0004/0002). Preservation and colour pattern reveal this specimen as a Recent shell, as supposed by Hoernes & Auinger (1879); moreover, the preservation mode differs completely from the fossil shells from Baden, which is given as the locality on the label. Consequently, Conus incertula Sacco, 1893bis asubjective junior synonym of Lautoconus ventricosus. The species was discussed again by Hall (1966)by synonymising also Plagioconuslapugyensis( Hoernes & Auinger, 1879) with Lautoconus pelagicus. In addition, Kovács & Vicián (2013)and Landau et al. (2013)treated Conus suessiHoernes & Auinger (2013)as a junior synonym of L. pelagicus. Both synonymizations are rejected herein [see discussions on Plagioconuslapugyensis( Hoernes & Auinger, 1879) and Leporiconus suessi( Hoernes & Auinger, 1879)].
Paleoenvironment.The occurrences in the Turkish Karman Basin suggest shallow marine environments.
Distribution in Paratethys.Badenian (middle Miocene): ViennaBasin:Gainfarn ( Austria), Mikulov- Kienberk, Hrušovany ( Czech Republic) ( Hoernes & Auinger 1879); Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin:Forchtenau ( Austria) ( Sieber 1956); Pannonian Basin:Letkés ( Hungary) ( Kovács & Vicián 2013); Transylvanian Basin: Lăpugiu de Sus, Bujtur ( Romania) ( Hoernes & Auinger 1879); BuzăuBasin: Valea Muscel ( Romania) ( Ionesi & Nicorici 1994); Caransebeş-Mehadia Basin:Calvei ( Romania) ( Hinculov 1968); Dacian Basin:Opanec ( Bulgaria) ( Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov 1960). Proto-Mediterranean Sea and north eastern Atlantic.Burdigalian (early Miocene): Turin Hills ( Italy); Langhian (middle Miocene): AquitaineBasin ( France); Serravallian (middle Miocene): KaramanBasin ( Turkey); Tortonian (late Miocene): Po Basin (Italy); early Pliocene: western Mediterranean, Estepona Basin ( Spain), central Mediterranean( Italy); late Pliocene: central Mediterranean( Italy) (see Landau et al. 2013for details).
1425219515
ICZN
Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Italy
Italy
83
84
2
lectotype
1425219502
NHMW
Bujtur & Hoernes & Auinger
Romania
Romania
83
84
NHMW 1861
1
1425219493
[462,1063,1889,1914]
NHMW
Lapugiu de Sus
Romania
Romania
83
84
NHMW 1868
1
1425219510
NHMW
Romania
Bujtur
Illustrated
Figs
83
84
NHMW 1861
1
1425219496
[199,1431,727,752]
Italy
north eastern Atlantic. Burdigalian
85
86
1
1425219499
[151,773,764,789]
France
Aquitaine
85
86
1
Aquitaine
1425219504
[785,1432,764,789]
Turkey
Karaman
85
86
1
Karaman
1425219514
Spain
western Mediterranean
central Mediterranean
85
86
1
1425219534
[406,1293,836,861]
Italy
central Mediterranean
85
86
1