Caryomphalus globatus Gründel & Nützel 2024

Caryomphalus globatus (Buvignier, 1843) Plate 2: figs 14, 15, Plate 3: fig. 1 2020 Caryomphalus globatus (Buvignier, 1843) n. comb. – Gründel, Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller: 238, pl. 9, figs 11–15, pl. 10, figs 1–13 (here more synonymy and chresonymy). Material. 3 specimens Saal, SNSB – BSPG 2016 XXI 1713 –1715; 1 specimen Saal, “ Fundort 1985, über Korallenstock, Sohle 2 ” (= locality 1985, above coral stock, level 2), SNSB – BSPG 2016 XXI 1716. Description. Shell broadly turbiniform; illustrated specimen 18 mm high; mature whorls evenly convex with periphery at mid-whorl; sutures impressed; earliest preserved whorls have a pronounced edge below mid-whorl; whorl face between edge and adapical suture forms oblique ramp, vertical below edge; ramp initially with three, later with four spiral cords; shell below edge initially with one spiral cord, later with two spiral cords; edge becomes increasingly less pronounced and rounded on penultimate whorl; last whorl evenly rounded, markedly convex with periphery at mid-whorl and evenly rounded transition to moderately convex base; suture considerably deflected downward in last whorl so that another 4–5 spiral cords are exposed on penultimate whorl; 17 spiral cords are present on last whorl from suture to middle of base; all spiral cords are densely covered with small pustules; axial ribs absent, or only faint axial ribs on last third of last preserved whorl; base narrowly phaneromphalous; aperture circular. Remarks. The variability of this species could not be assessed, because only few specimens are at hand. The two best preserved specimens resemble those intermediate between variants 1 and 3 of Caryomphalus globatus sensu Gründel et al. (2020).