Nassariidae (Caenogastropoda, Buccinoidea) of the early Miocene Cantaure Formation of Venezuela

This paper gives the first account of the nassariid assemblage found in the early Miocene (Burdigalian) outcrop at Cantaure, Paraguaná Peninsula, Venezuela. Six species are recorded, of which three are new, viz. Nassarius cantauranus spec. nov., Psilarius silvai spec. nov. and Psilarius obesus spec. nov. Nassa cornelliana Olsson, 1914, is a subjective junior synonym of Nassarius caloosaensis (Dall, 1890), and Uzita prista Gardner, 1944, Nassarius (Nanarius) parapristus acolusWoodring, 1964, and Nassarius (Nanarius) parapristus conarus Woodring, 1964, are junior subjective synonyms of Nanarius parapristus (Gardner, 1944).