Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Strombus
    • Strombus floridanus Mansfield, 1930

Original description of Strombus pugilus floridanus by Mansfield, 1930, p. 95:

• "Shell of moderate size, rather stout, consisting of 2 corroded, apparently smooth, nuclear and about 8 sculptured subsequent whorls. First five postnuclear whorls narrowly conical; succeeding broadly conical. First and second postnuclear whorls weakly inflated, not shouldered; third, fourth and fifth shouldered; sixth and seventh not shouldered; body whorl roundly shouldered. Spiral sculpture of narrow raised bands over the whole surface except on the back of the body whorl of adult specimens. Axial sculpture of arcuate riblets on the early whorls, which become gradually shorter on ascending the spire, and on the penultimate whorl are rather low, rounded tubercles situated behind the suture. Body whorl without tubercles. Angled color bands are visible on the back of the body whorl. The apices of the angles of the color bands point backward and originate near the middle of the whorl."

Locus typicus: Harveys Creek, half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida, USA

Stratum typicum: upper Miocene

Types: holotype: U.S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 370260, height 62 mm, width 36 mm; paratype U.S. Nat. Mus. Cat. No. 370259, height 45 mm, width 24 mm.

Strombus pugilis floridianus Mansfield, 1930, pl. 13, fig. 9, 10

History and Synonymy

2011

Strombus floridanus fruitvillensis Petuch & Drolshagen, 2011

Specimens from institutional collections

Strombus floridanus Mansfield, 1930; Tamiami Formation, upper Pliocene; Quality Aggregates, Richardson Road Pit, Sarasota Co., Florida, USA; 1995; Coll. Stichting Schepsel Schelp SSS24154

Strombus floridanus Mansfield, 1930; Tamiami Formation, upper Pliocene; Quality Aggregates, Richardson Road Pit, Sarasota Co., Florida, USA; 1995; Coll. Stichting Schepsel Schelp SSS24154

Strombus floridanus Mansfield, 1930; Tamiami Formation, upper Pliocene; Quality Aggregates, Richardson Road Pit, Sarasota Co., Florida, USA; 1995; Coll. Stichting Schepsel Schelp SSS24154

Strombus cf. floridanus; Cayo Agua Formation, Zanclean, early Pliocene; north of Pedra Roja Point, Cayo Agua Island, Bocas del Toro Province, Panama; PPP 01188 (=NMB 18373), NMB H18454, height 54.4 mm. Photo: Virgilio Liverani.

• Figured in Landau, Kronenberg, Herbert & Silva, 2011: figs. 9—1-3

Strombus cf. floridanus; Rio Banano Formation, Plaisancian, upper Pliocene; Río Banano S of Limón, Quitaría. 2.3 km WSE railway bridge at Bomba, Limón Basin, Costa Rica; NMB loc. 17454; Coll. NMB

Strombus cf. floridanus; Rio Banano Formation, Plaisancian, upper Pliocene; Río Banano S of Limón, Quitaría. 2.3 km WSE railway bridge at Bomba, Limón Basin, Costa Rica; PPP 01735 (=NMB loc. 17455), NMB H18446, height 50.0 mm; Photo Virgilio Liverani

• Figured in Landau, Kronenberg, Herbert & Silva, 2011: pl. 9, figs. 11-13

Strombus cf. floridanus; Rio Banano Formation, Plaisancian, upper Pliocene; Río Banano S of Limón, Quitaría. 2.3 km WSE railway bridge at Bomba, Limón Basin, Costa Rica; PPP 01735 (=NMB loc. 17477), NMB H18447, height 65.0 mm; Photo Virgilio Liverani

• Figured in Landau, Kronenberg, Herbert & Silva, 2011: figs. 9—4-6

References

• D.H. Geary & W.D. Allmon, 1990. Biological and Physical Contributions to the Accumulation of Strombid Gastropods in a Pliocene Shell Bed; Palaios, vol. 5(3), pp. 259-272
• W.C. Mansfield, 1930. Miocene Gastropods and Scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida; Florida State Geological Survey, Bulletin no. 3, 189 p., Tallahassee, Florida; Fulltext