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Species / Veatchia Carolinae

Stromboidea


Original Description of Veatchia carolinae by Maury, 1912, p. 90:

  • Shell when complete rather large, thick and heavy, spire short, obtusely pointed, whorls completely concealed, all the upper portion of the shell being self-enrolled by the posterior prolongation of the last volution, which is wrapped about the spire like a mantle; characters of the columella and anterior canal not known; posterior canal described above under the subgenus."

Locus typicus: Bed no. 2, Soldado Rock, near the Serpent's Mouth, Gulf of Paria, Trinidad

Stratum typicum: "Midway Eocene. Equivalent to the Midway of Alabama and that of the Rio Maria Farinha beds, State of Pernambuco, Brazil" (Maury, 1912); early Paleocene (Kugler & Caudri, 1975).

Dimensions: Height of fragment 27, greatest width 28, greatest thickness 21 mm.

Rostellaria (Veatchia) carolinae Maury, 1912, pl. XII, fig. 14-16

Comment Maury, 1912, p. 90:

  • "Thus the subgenus Veatchia lies in an intermediate position between the subgenera Orthaulax and Calyptraphorus. The writer dedicates this new subgenus to Mr. Arthur C. Veatch, of Washington, D.C., in pleasant memory of our geological work in Venzuela."

History and Synonymy

1938

Wenz, 1938, p. 930:

  • Veatchia [as subgenus of Orthaulax] Maury, 1913. Monotypus: A. (V.) carolinae (Maury) (Rostellaria (Veatchia)). Gehäuse ähnlich wie bei Orthaulax s.str.; Gewinde völlig von der Endwindung verhüllt; der obere Ausguß der Mündung auf dem oberen Teil der Endwindung in einigen Schleifen ausgezogen. Eozän. Trinidad. 1 Art."

1943

Rutsch, 1943, p. 171 about Veatchia carolinae:

  • "Maury beschreibt diese eigenartige Spezies von Soldado Rock, Harris aus einem Steinbruch NE von Pointe-à-Pierre. Merkwürdigerweise ist in unserer Sammlung nicht einmal ein Bruchstück dieser doch sehr auffälligen Form vorhanden. Bis jetzt sind nur Fragmente abgebildet worden. Veatchia ist Calyptraphorus offenbar nahe verwandt. Ebenfalls sehr ähnlich ist Aulacodiscus, der aus dem Paleocaen (Negritos formation) von Peru beschrieben worden ist. Fundstellen : In unserer Sammlung nicht vorhanden. Nach Maury in der Soldado formation von Soldado Rock und nach Harris aus einem Steinbruch NE Pointe-à-Pierre."

1952

Veatchia carolinae Maury, 1912; Paleocene; Marigot de Balling, Senegal; Figured: Tessier, 1952; Photo: Peter Massicard; Coll. MNHN no. R06288; Copyright Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris

Veatchia carolinae Maury, 1912; Paleocene; Marigot de Balling, Senegal; Figured: Tessier, 1952; Coll. MNHN no. R06288; Copyright Museum national d'Histoire naturelle Paris

1979

Veatchia carolinae Etayo-Serna, 1979, fig. 2 A, B

1989

Savazzi, 1989, p. 32:

  • "Wenz (1940) regarded Veatchia Maury, 1913 as a monotypic subgenus of Orthaulax. O. (Veatchia) carolinae (Maury) is recorded from the Eocene of Trinidad (Caribbean region); According to Wenz (1940), Veatchia is characterized by the spire being completely enveloped in the last whorl, and by the presence of a few nodes or folds at the posterior end of the aperture in the adult. I cannot comment on the status of Veatchia, since I have not been able to inspect material belonging to this taxon."

References

  • Etayo–Serna, F. 1979. El género Veatchia Maury 1912 y su valor paleobiogeográfico. Universidad Industrial de Santander. Boletín de Geología, (27): 57–61. Bucaramanga, Fulltext.
  • Etayo-Serna, F. 1979. La fauna de moluscos del Paleoceno de Colombia. I Moluscos de una capa del Paeloceno de Manantial (Guajira). Bol. Geologia 13(27): 5-55, 2 pls.
  • Harris, G.D. 1926 in Waring, The Geology of the island of Trinidad, B.W.I.; The John Hopkins University studies in geology no. 7, Baltimore, John Hopkins Press; 180 p.
  • Kugler, H.G. & Caudri, C.M.B. 1975. Geology and Paleontology of Soldado Rock, Trinidad (West Indies). Eclogae Geol. Helv. 68(2): 365-430, 2 pls.
  • Maury, C.J. 1912. A contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad; Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Jour. ser. 2, (15): 25-112, pls. 5-13, Fulltext
  • Maury, C.J. 1929. The Soldado Rock Type Section of Eocene; J. Geol. 37(2): 177-181.
  • Rutsch, R. 1943. Die Paleocaen-Mollusken der Inseln Trinidad und Soldado Rock (British Westindien); Eclogae Geol. Helv. 36(2): 139-192, pls. 3-5.
  • Savazzi, 1989
  • Tessier, F. 1952. Contributions á la stratigraphie et aÌ la paléontologie de la partie ouest du Sénégal (Crétacé et Tertiaire); Thèse de doctorat: Sciences naturelles: Aix-marseille: 1950; Dakar : Grande Imprimerie africaine, 1952.
  • Tessier (F.), 1952. Contribution à la stratigraphie et à la paléontologie de la partie ouest du Sénégal (Crétacé et Tertiaire).Tome 2, Troisième partie : Paléontologie, Bulletin de la Direction des mines [de l'A.O.F.], no. 14, p. 281-463.
  • Wenz, 1938

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