Stromboidea

• Seraphidae
  • Seraphs
    • Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870)

Original Description of Terebellum pliciferum by Bayan, 1870, p. 481:

• "Se distingue de presque toutes les espèces connues par l'existence de plis sur sa surface, et du T. plicatum, d'Archiac, par sa forme plus ventrue, sa spire plus courte et plus recouverte par le dernier tour, et la persistance des plis jusqu'au bord antérieur vers lequel ils se prolongent parallélement au labre.

Locus typicus: Croce-Grande ?, Cremona Province, Lombardy Region & Caze Pozza, & Ciuppo, San Giovanni Ilarione, Verona Province, Veneto Region, Italy

Stratum typicum: Eocene

History and Synonymy

1904

Terebellum (Mauryna) pliciferum in Cossmann, 1904, pl. V, fig. 10

1974

Jung, 1974: see MNHN

2008

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870) in Quagiotto & Mellini, 2008, pl. 1, fig. 28 (Reprint of De Gregorio, 1880)

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870) in Quagiotto & Mellini, 2008, pl. 5, fig. 23, 31 (Reprint of De Gregorio, 1880)

Seraphs cf. plicifer (Bayan, 1870) in Quagiotto & Mellini, 2008, pl. 5, fig. 30 (Reprint of De Gregorio, 1880)

Specimens from institutional collections

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870); Lutetian, Eocene; San Giovanni Ilarione, Vicentin, Italy; figured in Jung, 1974; Coll. MNHN B21878; Copyright Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris

Specimens from private collections

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870); Lutetian, Eocene; Departement Manche, France; 52 mm; Coll. Christian Romanek

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870); Lutetian, Eocene; Departement Manche, France; t: 32 mm, 23 mm, b: 32 mm; Coll. Christian Romanek

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870); Eocene; Vicenza, Italy; 43 mm; Coll. Philippe Simonet

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870); Lutetian, Eocene; Vicenza, Italy; 31 mm; Coll. Christian Romanek

Seraphs plicifer (Bayan, 1870); Bartonian, middle Eocene; Huesca, Huesca Province, Autonomous community of Aragon, Northeastern Spain; Coll. Joxeba Larrañaga Larrañaga; Photo Alex Machin

References

• Bayan, 1870
• De Gregorio, 1880
• Jung, 1974
• Quaggiotto E. & Mellini A. 2008. Catalogo Aggiornato Dei Molluschi Fossili Eocenici Di San Giovanni Ilarione (Verona- Italia Settentrionale) Prima Parte: Mollusca, Gastropoda. Studi e Ricerche 15: 41–58.