Abstract
A new, moderately large shell of a fossil species from the family Fasciolariidae Gray, 1853 is described from the Middle Miocene at Bengbreng Hill, West Java, Indonesia. The shell of this new species is related to species of the genus Clavilithes Swainson, 1840. The characteristics of a globular body whorl, low spire, and moderately long siphonal canal, distinguish it from species of the genus Clavilithes which have a fusiform shape, high spire, and usually long siphonal canal. Thisleads to its placement in a new genus Indolithes gen. nov. The new fossil species is comparedwithtwo other fossil species of Fasciolariidae from Java, Clavilithes fennemai (K. Martin, 1906) andC. verbeeki (K. Martin, 1895).
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