Vaughanites leptus is an extinct species of marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramimitridae.[1]
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| Shell of Vaughanites leptus (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
| Family: | Pyramimitridae |
| Genus: | Vaughanites |
| Species: | †V. leptus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928
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Description
editLength 17.9 mm.; diameter 4.7 mm. (holotype, apex broken).
(Original description) the outline, nucleus, and aperture as described under the genus. The sculpture consists of an open lattice-work of spiral and axial cords. Five spirals, of which the third from the suture is strongest, lie on penultimate whorl. Spirals overriding axials, but slightly swollen at intersections. Axials bent at strong spiral marking apex of anal notch.[2]
Distribution
editFossils of this marine species have been found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica (age range:3.6 to 2.588 Ma)
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vaughanites leptus Woodring, 1928 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1499803 on 2023-01-29
- ^ Woodring, W. P. (1928). Miocene mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. 2. Gastropods and discussion of results. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication. 385: vii + 564 pp., 40 pls
- J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
External links
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