Pyrene scaldensis nova species, a hitherto misunderstood species from the Plio-Pleistocene of Western Europe

1878 Columbella subulata Nyst, Ann. Mus. R. Belgique, vol. 3 atlas, pl. 3 fig. 3a, 3b (non Murex subulatus Brocchi). 1882 — — Nyst, Op. cit. text, p. 36 (exclus. part of synonymy). 1912 — — Tesch, Meded. Rijksopsp. Delfst., No. 4, p. 78. 1914 — — Harmer, Plioc. Moll., vol. 1, p. 56 (exclus. part of synonymy), pl. 2 figs. 11, 12. 1937 Pyrene subulata v. R. Altena, N. Verh. Bat. Gen. Proefond. Wijsb. (2), vol. 10 no. 3, p. 36. 1946 — — Beets, Meded. Geol. Stichting, Serie C-IV-1-no. 6, p. 72 (exclus. part of synonymy). Description. — Height 9 to 13, generally 11 to 12 mm, major diameter 3 to almost 5, generally about 4 mm. Shell fusiform, slender; spire acute, consisting of about 9 smooth, hardly convex whorls separated by a canaliculate suture. The nucleus is missing in all my specimens. Last whorl subcarinate, the siphonal part with about 14 spiral grooves. Aperture oval, rather narrow, with a relatively wide siphonal canal; outer lip thickened, with about 8 elongated denticles inside.