Late Miocene Conidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Crete (Greece). Part 1: genera Conilithes Swainson, 1840 and Conus (Kalloconus) da Motta, 1991 Author Psarras, Christos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology-Paleontology, Athens (Greece) cpsarras@geol.uoa.gr Author Koskeridou, Efterpi National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology & Geoenvironment, Department of Hist. Geology-Paleontology, Athens (Greece) ekosker@geol.uoa.gr Author Merle, Didier CR 2 P (CNRS, MNHN, UPMC, Sorbonne Université), Département Origines et Évolution, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, case postale 38, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France) didier.merle@mnhn.fr text Geodiversitas 2021 2021-12-02 43 24 1309 1339 journal article 3058 10.5252/geodiversitas2021v43a24 d9b664cc-3197-44d5-92ca-08f8ce0fcc4f 1638-9395 5764710 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D36D1E14-73BE-4176-8024-F3673A65B8C1 Genus Conilithes Swainson, 1840 TYPE SPECIES (by monotypy). — Conus antidiluvianus Bruguière, 1792 . Early-middle Miocene of Paratethys (seeHarzhauser & Landau 2016 for detailed references), Tortonian of Italy (Sant’Agatha Fossili, Stazzano, Montegibbio [ Sacco 1893a ]) and Greece (Ierapetra Basin, Crete , this work) to Pliocene of Italy ( Hall 1966 ; Janssen et al. 2014a , b) and other localities in France ( Biot ), Sicily, Turkey ( Hatay Basin), and Syria (Erünal-Erentöz 1958; Janssen et al. 2014a ). DIAGNOSIS. — Biconic shell.Scalariform spire,angular,carinate shoulder, which often bears tubercles, but no spiral sculpture ( Tucker &Tenorio 2009 ). Subsutural flexures deep, strongly curved, moderately asymmetrical ( Harzhauser & Landau 2016 ). Beaded early teleoconch whorls. REMARKS FIG. 2. — Conilithes brezinae ( Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 ) specimens from the Tortonian of Crete (Greece), showing colour pattern variation under UV light in abapertural views: A , AMPG(IV) 2638, Panassos; B , AMPG(IV) 2610, Partira; C , MNHN.F. A72573 , Crete; D , MNHN.F. A72579 , Crete; E , MNHN.F. A72583 , Crete; F , MNHN.F. A72570 , Partira; G , AMPG(IV) 2637, Tefeli; H , AMPG(IV) 2629, Filippi; I , MNHN.F. A72577 , Crete; J , MNHN.F. A72567 , Adhraktia; K , MNHN.F. A72582 , Crete; L , AMPG(IV) 2611,Psalidha; M , AMPG(IV) 2620,Psalidha; N , AMPG(IV) 2614,Psalidha; O , MNHN.F. A72565 , Crete; P , AMPG(IV) 2612,Psalidha; Q , AMPG(IV) 2788: figured specimen of Symeonidis & Konstantinidis (1968 : pl. 81, fig. 10), Crete. Scale bar: 1 cm. Based on our material, we show that the subsutural flexures are variable from shallow (e.g., Conilithes brezinae ( Hoernes & Auinger, 1879 )) to deep (e.g., mean SSFD of Conilithes herodus n. sp. ). In addition, early teleoconchs whorls can be devoid of beads (e.g., Conilithes striatulus ( Brocchi, 1814 )) and rarely species display beads on their last whorls (e.g., Conilithes sp. ). The stratigraphical range of the genus is Eocene to Pliocene of Europe (Proto-Mediterranean and Paratethys) and North America ( Harzhauser & Landau 2016 ).