Itieria cabanetiana (d’Orbigny, 1841)

Plate 14: figs 9–11

1851 – Itieria cabanetiana d’Orbigny, 1847 – d’Orbigny: 99, pl. 255, fig. 3, pl. 256, figs 1–3.

1869 – Itieria cabaneti Matheron – Gemmellaro: 9, pl. 2, figs 1–3.

1898 – Itieria cabanetiana d’Orbigny – Cossmann: 12, pl. 1, figs 17–20.

1997 – Itieria cabanetiana (d’Orbigny, 1841) – Fischer and Weber: 39, pl. 14, figs 1–4.

2014 – Itieria cabanetiana (d’Orbigny, 1841) – Kollmann: 360, fig. 6 A – B.

Material.

13 specimens and fragments, illustrated specimen SNSB-BSPG 2016 XXI 1928.

Description.

Shell broadly egg-shaped with last whorl much higher than spire; illustrated specimen 67 mm high; apex concave; spire whorl much wider that high; suture emphasized by very narrow ramp; whorl face feebly convex to almost straight; transition from whorl face to base evenly rounded; whorls smooth; base distinctly umbilicated; umbilicus surmounted by strong ridge; aperture elongated, very narrow, widened abapically resulting in teardrop shape; apertural folds or plaits cannot be seen clearly.

Remarks.

The lectotype of this species designated by Fischer and Weber (1997, pl. 14: fig. 1) is much larger and the spire is higher with more whorls than in the present material.