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Vaughanites leptus
Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Vaughanites leptus is an extinct species of marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramimitridae.[1]
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Description
Length 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]
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Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Pliocene strata of Jamaica (age range:3.6 to 2.588 Ma)
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