Abstract
A new genus and species of lower caenogastropod, Ipunina vladimiri, is described from Neogene sedi- ments of the islands Chiloeand Ipun, southern Chile. Ipunina has a protoconch with strong axial ribs on the upper side and a pattern of boxes on the periphery of the whorls, and a thin-shelled buccini- form teleoconch with strong spiral cords. Neither larval nor adult shell-morphology completely resolves the systematic placement. Affinities with Litiopidae, Planaxidae and Provannidae are dis- cussed and placement in Litiopidae is favoured based on protoconch sculpture. This is the first record of Litiopidae from the Neogene of south-western South America.
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