Paraseraphs propedistortus (de Gregorio, 1880)

Figure 7H

1880 Terebellum fusiforme propedistortum de Gregorio, p. 20, pl. V, fig. 17. de Gregorio 1896, p. 38, pl. 3, fig. 6. = Terebellum propedistortum de Gregorio — Jung 1974, p. 38. Pacaud 2008, p. 727. = Paraseraphs propedistortus de Gregorio — Jung 1974, p. 38, pl. 11, figs. 7–17, tf. 28.

Type material. Lectotype — de Gregorio 1880, p. 20, pl. V, fig. 17 (Jung 1974). The type specimens are presumed destroyed during World War Two (Jung 1974) Jung (1974) provides dimensions of 41 mm in height and 9 mm in width for material from the type locality.

Type locality. San Giovanni Ilarione, Italy [Lutetian] .

Diagnosis. The shell is slender, with a high, acute apex thinly covered by shell matrix. The labrum is not thickened. The posterior canal is mostly straight, running antispirally towards the apex.

Distribution. EOCENE— Italy Ronca (de Gregorio 1896). Lutetian— Italy San Giovanni Ilarione (de Gregorio 1880; Jung 1974); Ronca (de Gregorio 1896).

Remarks. There is some uncertainty surrounding the type material of Paraseraphs propedistortus, with the collection supposedly destroyed during the Second World War (Malaroda 1954). Specimens purported from the de Gregorio collection remain unlabelled and are in disarray (Savazzi 1988a). However, while there appears to be some material that has survived, this does not include the types of Paraseraphs propedistortus (Jung 1974) .