Can anyone help me identify this Conus fossil found in Macedonia

[Sanya]

I have recently found a fossil of Conus seashell in Macedonia, in the region of Shtip, to be precise. I want to know what is the ID of this fossil. Can anyone help me to indentify it? Thanks in advance.

[abyssunder]

Welcome to the forum!
I think your specimen does not resemble Conus, but it might be in the line of Charonia .

[Sanya]

Thank you so much abyssunder! I assumed that is was in the line of Conus, because of its plain surface. And what do you think about its age? Below I attached more photos.

[abyssunder]

I'm not familiar with your particular region, but if you can supply more information about the geological settings, it might help in the ID.

[Fossildude19]

1 hour ago, Sanya said:

Thank you so much abyssunder! I assumed that is was in the line of Conus, because of its plain surface. And what do you think about its age? Below I attached more photos.

Welcome to the Forum.  

I think there is no detail because your gastropod is an internal cast or steinkern of the shell.  

 

[MikeR]

Appears to be a gastropod in the Superfamily Stromboidea.

[abyssunder]

If the geological age is Cretaceous, there's a good chance for Acteonella / Trochactaeon. I have similar ones from the Senonian sediments of Romania, which look like the specimen in question. If the geological age of the sediments is younger, that will exclude the current hypothesis.

[Sanya]

This study contains all the information about the geological age of the sediments where the specimen has been found. It is Paleogene...But according to some other studies I have read, the geological age could be Late Cretaceous and Early Paleogene.

Edited November 16, 2018 by Sanya

[abyssunder]

So it might be in the uncertain K-Pg transition.

Is the specimen a single occurrence in your finds, or there are more?

[Sanya]

I have done a research, and I find out that similar gastropods have been found in the same area. My specimen is not a single occurrence.