Seraphs mayeri Jung, 1974

Figure 4H

1974 Seraphs (Seraphs) mayeri Jung, p. 27, pl. 8, figs. 13 to 21, tf. 18.

2008 Seraphs sopitus Quaggioto & Mellini, p. 48, pl. V, fig. 28.

Type material. Holotype — NMB H16578. The type measures 21.4 mm in length, with a width of 7.3 mm (Jung 1974).

Type locality. Monte Grumi, Castelgomberto, Italy [Oligocene] .

Diagnosis. The shell is moderately slender with a moderately acute apex. The labium is thin and continues above the adapical end of the aperture to the apex. The labrum is thin but thickens forming a posterior canal. The columella is basally slightly bent backward.

Distribution. OLIGOCENE— Italy Monte Grumi, near Castelgomberto (Jung 1974); Santa Trinità, near Mon- tecchio Maggiore (Jung 1974).

Remarks. A small Seraphs similar to S. chilophorus, but the shoulder of that species is more defined, and there is no reabsorption of the shell behind the posterior canal in S. chilophorus (Jung 1974) .