Seraphs naricus ( Vredenberg, 1925 )

Maxwell, Stephen J., Rymer, Tasmin L. & Congdon, Bradley C., 2021, Resolving phylogenetic and classical nomenclature: A revision of Seraphsidae Jung, 1974 (Gastropoda: Neostromboidae), Zootaxa 4990 (3), pp. 401-453 : 414-415

Seraphs naricus ( Vredenberg, 1925)

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1925 Terebellum (Seraphs) naricum Vredenberg , p. 323, pl. 13, figs. 4A–C. Jung 1974, p. 28. = Seraphs (Seraphs) naricus Vredenberg — Jung 1974, p. 28, pl. 6, figs. 20–22. = Seraphs naricus Vredenberg — Harzhauser 2009, p. 138.

Type material. Holotype — GSI 12614. The type measures 38.6 mm in length, with a width of 10.8 mm ( Jung 1974).

Type locality. Bhagothoro Hill , Sind, Pakistan [Rupelian] .

Diagnosis. The shell is slender and cylindrical with a moderately pointed apex. The aperture is long and narrow. The labrum is thin and prosocyrt near the adapical end of the aperture, becoming opisthocline on the teleoconch.

Distribution.? OLIGOCENE—Rupelian— Pakistan Bhagothoro Hill, Sind ( Jung 1974).

Remarks. This species is known only from one broken example. It is one of the earliest Seraphs , and is considered a transitional stage to Terebellum based in geological time and location ( Jung 1974).

Figures

FIGURE 5. Seraphs Montfort, 1810. A. Seraphs minus (Vincent, 1913), length 7.1 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 6, figs. 9, 10). B. Seraphs naricus (Vredenberg, 1925), holotype, GSI 12614, length 38.6 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 6, figs. 20–22). C. Seraphs olivaceus (Cossmann, 1889), MNHN A28577, Collection de Paleontologie, Paris, length 32 mm (Caze et al. 2010, figs. 6H, I). D. Seraphs peterjungi Caze et al., 2010, holotype, MNHN A28578, Collection de Paleontologie, length 16 mm (Caze et al. 2010, figs. 15J, K, N). E. Seraphs placiferus (Bayan, 1870), lectotype, MNHN G2100, length 33.7 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 7, figs. 5–7). F. Seraphs sopita (Brander, 1766), lectotype, NHMUK GG21010, length 26.4 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 1, figs. 1–3). G. Seraphs squamosus (Martin, 1914), Lectotype, RGM, Leiden St10344, length 37.1 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 6, figs. 17–19). H. Seraphs striatus (von Koenen, 1889), holotype, length 38.5 mm (von Koenen 1889, pl. I, figs. 7A–C). I. Seraphs subconvolutus (d’Orbigny, 1852), lectotype, MNHN UBT65-2-120, length 28 mm (Caze et al. 2010, figs. 14A, B). J. Seraphs volutatus (Brander, 1766), MNHN A28776, Collection de Paleontologie, Paris, length 17 mm (Caze et al. 2010, figs. 6A–C).