Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928

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 : 269

Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928

Figures 18 A–B

Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928: 201 , pl. 9 figs. 1–2.

Remarks. Vaughanites leptus was described from the Miocene of Jamaica, and classified in the Turridae Borsoniinae by Woodring (1928). It is characterized by a particularly long canal and the two strong columellar folds, better seen when the shell is slightly turned counter-clockwise, similar to the plaits of Mitridae . The protoconch is unknown, all nine specimens cited by Woodring have a broken apex. Vaughanites leptus is the only record of Pyramimitridae in the Atlantic Ocean after the late Oligocene apparent disappearance of the family in Europe.

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FIGURE 18. Shells of Vaughanites Woodring, 1928. A – B. Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928 (after original illustration). A. Holotype, USNM 369418, SL 17.9 mm. B. USNM 369419. C – I. Vaughanites? superstes n. sp. C – D. Holotype, SL 15.7 mm. E – H. Paratype, SL 19.1 mm. H. Enlarged protoconch. I. Philippines, off Siquijor Island, 9 º 01 ’ N, 123 º 26 ’ E, 427 m, SL 14.5 mm. All shells at the same scale.