Revised descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990)
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  (Pl. 25d): GS11185, D45/f8822, Slip Point, Clifden, Clifdenian (GNS) |
Beu & Maxwell (1990): Chapter 11; p. 226; pl. 25 d.
Synonymy: Austrofusus (Neocola) gamma Finlay, 1926b, p. 235; Beu & Maxwell 1990, p. 226, pl. 25d
Classification: Buccinulidae
Description: Similar to A. (Neocola) beta — particularly to the more "advanced" forms (e.g. from Long Beach Shellbed, Clifden) — but differing 1) in having a narrower and much sharper peripheral keel and a more pronounced basal angulation; 2) in having vertically compressed, sharp tubercles, rather than rounded nodules, on the peripheral keel. The nodules on the basal angulation are no stronger than on A. beta, but are accentuated by the basal spiral cords, which are thickened and slightly tubercular where they cross them; and 3) in having the 3 basal spiral cords considerably more prominent, partly because the spiral threads between the peripheral keel and basal angulation are more subdued than in A. beta in most specimens.
Comparison: See Aethocola (Neocola) beta.
Distribution: Clifdenian-Lillburnian, Slip Point, Clifden, Clifdenian (type); Slip Point Siltstone and Lill Sand, Clifden; Oparara River, Karamea district.
Cite this publication as: "A.G. Beu and J.I. Raine (2009). Revised
descriptions of New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca from Beu and Maxwell (1990). GNS
Science miscellaneous series no. 27."
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