A new leptocytherid genus Vandiemencythere is described. The genus includes four species two of which are described as new, and the remaining two are left open nomenclatures. V. Gunyoungenesis, the type species, is known from the early Middle Miocene of Victoria, southeastern Australia. V. Phleboides is endemic to New Zealand and ranges from Late Eocene to Late Miocene. Vandiemencythere sp. 1 is recorded on these eastern Australian shelf in the Pliocene. Vandiemencythere sp. 2 is recorded from the Recent of the Coral Sea, S.W. Pacific Ocean.
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