Paraseraphs ameri ( Abbass, 1967 )

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 : 428

Paraseraphs ameri ( Abbass, 1967)

Figure 7A

1967 Terebellum (Terebellum) ameri Abbass , p. 61, pl. VIII, figs. 3, 6.

Type material. Holotype — EMC G363 . This is an incomplete specimen.

Type locality. Ras El Ghorab, Egypt [Bartonian] .

Diagnosis. The shell is smooth and fusiform with three whorls. The spire is acute with the final body whorl being more than 80% of the length of the shell. The aperture is narrow and the labrum is thin. There is a posterior canal, and the sutures are obsolete and linear.

Distribution. EOCENE—Bartonian— Egypt Ras El Ghorab ( Abbass 1967). Lutetian— Egypt Mokattam ( Abbass 1967).

Remarks. The taxon is known only from one partial specimen.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Paraseraphs Jung, 1974. A. Paraseraphs ameri (Abbass, 1967), Holotype, EMC, Gastropod Section, G363, incomplete (Abbass 1967, p. 61, pl. VIII, fig. 6). B. Paraseraphs armoricensis (Cossmann, 1897), Dumas Collection, length 22.7 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 10, figs. 16–18). C. Paraseraphs cantamessae Maxwell et al., 2018a, holotype, USNM 135097A, length 56.9 mm (Maxwell et al. 2018a, fig. 1). D. Paraseraphs erraticus (Cooper, 1894)), UCMP 15820, length 26.8 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 12, figs. 8–10). E. Paraseraphs placitus Jung, 1974, holotype, NMB H14491, length 22.7 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 10, figs. 16–18). F. Paraseraphs praecedens Caze et al., 2010, holotype, MNHN A05707, Collection de Paleontologie, Paris, length 19 mm (Caze et al. 2010, figs. 29E, F). G. Paraseraphs procerus (Merian, 1844), holotype, NMB H14374, length 71.8 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 12, figs. 1, 2). H. Paraseraphs propedistortus (de Gregorio, 1880), NMB H14509, length 53.2 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 11, figs. 12–13). I. Paraseraphs tetanus Jung, 1974, holotype, NMB H15409, length 28.7 mm (Jung 1974, pl. 10, figs. 5–7). J) Paraseraphs texanopsis Garvie, 2013, Texas Natural Science Centre, UT(Austin), NPL46617, length 53.3 mm (Garvie 2013, pl. 1, figs. 10, 11).