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3 stars
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Tiny. the smallest fossil Cerion known to me (.50 by .25); conic; costae few. very irregular, thin, and low, margin thin (.03), frontal bar incomplete, lower tooth rather long (.05) and set back once its length, upper tooth present and set low. One only found with the two foregoing species." (Maynard, 1926:4-5)
Geographic Distribution:
New Providence and Adjacent Islands, Bahama Islands
Type Locality:
St. James Corner, East Nassau, New Providence Island, Bahamas
[25° 2' N, -77° 17' W]
Type Material:
Holotype, MCZ 76021
Additional Records:
MolluscaBase Information:
No MolluscaBase Information Found.
Remarks:
From crab hole, with S. minima and S. concina. Maynard (1924c:4) noted that this was the smallest fossil Cerion known to him. Gould and Woodruff (1985:481) considered this a synonym of C. universum.