Stromboidea

• Rostellariidae
  • Eotibia
    • Eotibia lejeuni (Rouault, 1850)

Original Description of Rostellaria lejeunii by Rouault, 1848, p. 204:

• "R. testa turrita, apice mucrone conico, laevigato, terminata, longitudinaliter sub-anguloso-costata, striis transversis ornata; ultimo anfractu dorso costa majore instructo, apertura..."

Locus typicus: Bosdarros (Bosc d’Arros, Bos d'Arros), Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, France

Rostellaria lejeunii Rouault, 1850, pl. XVIII, fig. 7, 7a

Etymology: named after a friend of Rouault, Mr. M. Lejeune

Specimens from institutional collections

Eotibia lejeuni (Rouault, 1850); Bartonian I, middle Eocene; Bosdarros (Bosc d’Arros, Bos d'Arros), Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, France; Coll. Mayer-Eymar no. s.3206; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Basel

Eotibia lejeuni (Rouault, 1850); Cuisian, Ypresian, lower Eocene; Gan, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, France; Coll. Stichting Schepsel Schelp no. SSS17371

Specimens from private collections

Eotibia cf. lejeuni (Rouault, 1850); two different specimens; Ypresian, lower Eocene; Rossi quarry, Malo, Vicenza, Italy; both about 30 mm; Unknown Collection

Eotibia cf. lejeuni (Rouault, 1850); Ypresian, lower Eocene; Vicenza, Italy; Coll. Virgilio Liverani

Eotibia lejeuni (Rouault, 1850); Cuisian, Ypresian, lower Eocene; Gan, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, France; Coll. Virgilio Liverani

• 1: 24 mm
• 2: 24 mm

Eotibia lejeuni (Rouault, 1850); Cuisian, Ypresian, lower Eocene; Gan, Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Department, France; bl: 25 mm; Coll. Philippe Simonet

References

• Rouault, A. 1848(?). Description des fossiles du terrain éocène des environs de Pau. Memoires de la Société Géologique de France. Deuxième Série. Vol. V