Longchaeus cf. plicosus (Bronn, 1838) (Fig. 13F 1-F 3)

cf. Pyramidella plicosa Bronn, 1838: 1026, pl. 40, fig. 24.

cf. Longchaeus plicosus – Landau & Micali 2021: 211, pl. 8, figs 5-8.

For more, see synonymy list in Landau & Micali (2021).

MATERIAL AND DIMENSIONS. — Maximum height 2.9 mm (incomplete), width 1.3 mm. — RGM.1365276 (1), leg. AWJ .

SPECIES CHARACTERISATION. — Three smooth, weakly convex abraded adult whorls preserved. Aperture broken. Columella marked by three folds; abapical two folds weaker.

DISTRIBUTION. — Lower Pleistocene: Atlantic, Selsoif, NW France (this paper).

REMARKS

This fragment is unusual in having columellar folds suggesting placement in the genus Longchaeus, and the whorl outline suggesting Eulimella . Unfortunately, it is represented by a single poorly preserved specimen.