Terebralia rahti (Braun in Walchner, 1851)

(Fig. 3A, G)

Cerithium rahti A.Braun, 1851 – Walchner 1851: 1128.

Terebralia rahti – Kadolsky 1995: 16, pl. 2, fig.19-23; pl. 3, figs.24, 25, 28, 29 (cum. syn.).

SYNONYMS. — (according toKadolsky 1995) Cerithium rahti calvum Braun in Walchner, 1851; Cerithium rahti eminens Braun in Walchner, 1851; Cerithium curvicostatum Sandberger, 1858; Cerithium arcuatum Sandberger, 1859 .

PALAEOENVIRONMENT. — Euryhaline, lagoonal environment with subtropical semi-arid climate (Kadolsky 1989).

DISTRIBUTION. — An endemic species from the Chattian of the Mainz Basin (Oppenheim-Nierstein, Hochheim; Germany) (Kadolsky 1995). The occurrence from the Early Miocene of the Aquitaine Basin (SW France) listed by Reid et al. (2008) needs confirmation.