Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999

Kantor, Yuri, Lozouet, Pierre, Puillandre, Nicolas & Bouchet, Philippe, 2014, Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific, Zootaxa 3754 (3), pp. 239-276 : 250

Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999

Figures 2 G, 5A–C

Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999: 38 , pl. 17, figs 4–6.

Remarks. Hortia arriuensis is characterized by its fragile shell and a well-developed anal notch. The protoconch I is covered by minute granules ( Fig. 5 B–C). H. pseudotaranis n. sp. from New Caledonia is remarkably similar to it in sculpture pattern. Hortia arriuensis is common in the Upper bathyal deposits of the paleocanyon of Saubrigues ( Lozouet 2004).

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FIGURE 2. Overview of fossil and Recent Pyramimitridae. A. Endiatoma quadricincta (Cossmann, 1883), MNHN. F. A 47757, Lower Eocene, France. B – C. Pyramimitra terebraeformis (Conrad, 1848), MNHN. F. J 08748, Middle Eocene, USA. D – E. Pyramimitra quadralirata Dockery, 1977, MNHN. F. A 47750, Middle Eocene, USA. F. Hortia priabonica n. sp., MNHN. F. A 47752, Upper Eocene, France. G. Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999, MNHN. F. A 47751, Upper Oligocene, France. H. Hortia pseudotaranis n. sp., New Caledonia, SL 8.4 mm. I. Hortia macrocephala n. sp., New Caledonia, SL 10.4 mm. J. Hortia paradrillia n. sp., New Caledonia, SL 8.1 mm. K. Hortia marshalli n. sp., New Zealand, SL 10.6 mm. L. Hortia spenceri n. sp., New Zealand, SL 9.0 mm. M. Hortia aotearoa n. sp., New Zealand, SL 9.0 mm. N. Hortia solitaria n. sp., South of Madagascar, SL 6.5 mm. O. Teremitra fallax n. sp., Solomon Islands, SL 11.8 mm. P. Teremitra efatensis (Aubry, 1999), Vanuatu, SL 10.8 mm. Q. Teremitra? hortensis (Vinassa de Regny, 1898), Upper Eocene, France. R. Teremitra sp., Taiwan, SL 16 mm. S. Vaughanites? superstes n. sp., Philippines, SL 19.1 mm.

FIGURE 5. Fossil species of Hortia Lozouet, 1999. A – C. Hortia arriuensis Lozouet, 1999, MNHN. F. A 47751, Upper Oligocene, St-Etienne-d’Orthe, Landes, France. D – G. Hortia priabonica n. sp., Upper Eocene, Cagnotte, Landes, France [D – F. MNHN. F. A 47752, holotype. G. MNHN. F. A 47753, paratype].