Amphipyndax tylotus Foreman, 1978 (Fig. 4H)

Amphipyndax tylotus Foreman, 1978: 745, pl. 4, figs 1, 2. — Sanfilippo & Riedel 1985: 598, fig. 7-2a, b.

FIGURED SPECIMEN. — ULVG-7325.

MATERIAL. — 12 specimens (recovered with the hydrogen peroxide method); nine specimens (recovered with the acetic acid method).

OCCURRENCE. — Upper Campanian to Maastrichtian of central Pacific, and western and eastern central Atlantic (Sanfilippo & Riedel 1985); Late Campanian to Early Maastrichtian of Japan (Hollis & Kimura 2001).

REMARKS

Amphipyndax tylotus differs from A. pseudoconulus (Pessagno, 1963) by the randomly distributed nodes on the skeleton surface instead of restricted to the segmental divisions. For the revised synonymy of the species see Hollis & Kimura (2001).