Stromboidea

• Rostellariidae
  • Eotibia
    • Eotibia pellegrini (De Gregorio, 1880)

Original Description of Rostellaria pellegrini by De Gregorio, 1880:

• "Testa elongata fusifornis; anfractibus circiter 11, spiraliter confertim tenue resticulatis, axilariter costatis; costis quibusdam varicosis, nodulosis, prominulis; inter eas aliis minoribus pliciformibus interdum evanescentibus interpositis. In juvenibus, apertura ovata; resticulis laxis, regularibus basi prominulis; costique in series subdispositis. In adultis suturis submarginatis in ultimo anfractu, resticulis evanescentibus, costaque aperturae opposita magna, crassa, gibba; sutura marginata; apertura angustissima, postice in angustissimam fissuram usque addimidium varicis penultimi anfractus decurrentem producta; columella conico-cylindracea, exili, praelonga; labro interno calloso marginato; labro externo ?..."

Locus typicus: S. Giovanni Ilarione, Vicenza, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy

Stratum typicum: lower Eocene

Etymology: named after Pellegrino Di Blasi, friend of De Gregorio.

Specimens from private collections:

Eotibia pellegrini (De Gregorio, 1880); lower Lutetian, middle Eocene; Vicenza, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy; 80 mm; Coll. Christian Romanek

Eotibia pellegrini (De Gregorio, 1880); lower Lutetian, middle Eocene; Albanello quarry, Nogarole Vicentino, Val Chiampo, Vicenza area, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy; 80 mm; Unknown Coll.

Eotibia pellegrini (De Gregorio, 1880); lower Lutetian, middle Eocene; Albanello quarry, Nogarole Vicentino, Val Chiampo, Vicenza area, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy; Coll. Elmar Mai

1. 72,2 mm
2. 78,2 mm

Eotibia pellegrini (De Gregorio, 1880); juvenile; lower Lutetian, middle Eocene; Albanello quarry, Nogarole Vicentino, Val Chiampo, Vicenza area, Vicenza Province, Veneto Region, Italy; Coll. Virgilio Liverani

1. 21 mm
2. 16 mm

Eotibia pellegrini (De Gregorio, 1880); Lutetian, middle Eocene; Main quarry, Arzignano, Vicenza, Italy; 47 mm; Coll. Virgilio Liverani

References:

• De Gregorio, 1880