41. The protoconch is smooth and polished. 42. The glossy protoconch contains 1 whorl. 43. Suture the adult whorls have a spiral thread which ascends into the protoconch for two whorls. 44. The protoconch is pale primrose yellow. 45. It includes the tribe Liostomini, a name given to those genera which have an intorted protoconch . 46. The protoconch is smooth, consisting of one and half whorls obliquely immersed in the succeeding whorl. 47. The color of the protoconch is ruby-red and shining and the shell is light pink. 48. However, it is probably a taphonomic artefact, with the protoconch being spherical like other belemnites. 49. (Original description ) The polished, shining shell contains ( including the protoconch ) 6?columella. 50. It has a polished, smooth, trochiform protoconch of about 2?columella is short and straight.
