Cryptoplocus subpyramidalis

Cryptoplocus subpyramidalis (Münster, 1844) in Goldfuss Plate 13: fig. 19 1855 – Nerinea pyramidalis Münster – Peters: 361, pl. 4, figs 1–3. 1882 – Cryptoplocus subpyramidalis – Schlosser: 86, pl. 12, fig. 10. 2022 – Cryptoplocus subpyramidalis (Münster in Goldfuss, 1844) – Gründel, Keupp, Lang and Nützel: 200, pl. 14, fig. 6 (here more chresonymy and synonymy). Material. 20 specimens and fragments (19 specimens from Saal; 1 specimen Saal, location 2, level 4 (“ Fundstelle 2, Sohle 4 ”); illustrated specimen SNSB-BSPG 2016 XXI 1922. Remarks. The present material is only moderately preserved. The illustrated specimen is 14 cm high. The subsutural bulge is often not visible. The apical angle of the shell varies; there may be transitions to C. depressus. Cryptoplocus pyramidalis (Münster, 1844) in Goldfuss, sensu Wieczorek (1979) is more slender; its shell width lies approximately between C. subpyramidalis and C. depressus (Voltz, 1836).