Falsataphrus? valfinense (Loriol, 1887 in Loriol and Bourgeat 1886 –1888)

Plate 2: figs 12, 13

1886–1888 Teinostoma valfinense Loriol – Loriol in Loriol and Bourgeat: 189, pl. 21, figs 6–7.

? 1997 Buckmannia sp. – Hägele: 52, fig. p. 52 lower left.

Material.

2 specimens, SNSB – BSPG 2016 XXI 1696 –1697.

Description.

Shell lens-shaped with very low spire; larger specimen 12 mm wide; last whorl embracing most of previous whorls; sutures indistinct; apex rounded; shell smooth; periphery evenly rounded; base flat; base and aperture incompletely preserved; no umbilicus and ornament visible; it is unclear whether the broad callus covering the umbilicus that would be typical of the genus Falsataphrus is present or not.

Remarks.

Falsataphrus corallensis (Buvignier, 1852) sensu Gründel et al. (2020 a) has at least sometimes a higher spire (Gründel et al. 2020 a: pl 12: figs 13, 14); other specimens are hardly distinguishable from the present specimens (Gründel et al. 2020 a: pl 12: figs 10, 11). Falsataphrus corallensis sensu Loriol in Loriol and Koby (1890) cannot be distinguished from F.? valfinense according to its description.