Published December 11, 2023 | Version v1
Taxonomic treatment Open

Naticidae Guilding 1834

  • 1. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobiology, Box 50007, 10405 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • 2. Museo Civico di Scienze Naturali, 51, Via Medaglie D'Oro 51, 48018 Faenza, Italy.
  • 3. Institute of Marine Sciences, Italian National Research Council, Via Gobetti 101, 40129 Bologna, Italy; and Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, 80121 Napoli, Italy.

Description

Naticidae indet. 1

Fig. 6F–G

Material examined

ITALY – Emilia-Romagna • 1 spec.; Castiglion dei Pepoli; MGGC 22304 (H = 18.6, W = 15 mm) • 1 spec.; Caselle C; NRM Mo 204847. – Tuscany • 2 specs; Le Colline (operculae); MSF 1218 (H = 8 mm).

Description

Naticiform shell with moderately elevated spire, about four whorls, nearly 20 mm tall, suture deep, growth increments compressed into oblique bulges near upper suture, remaining whorl smooth; operculum half-moon shaped, coiling expands rapidly, nucleus subcentral.

Remarks

Generic assignments among Naticidae rely heavily on the morphology of the aperture and the umbilicus, both of which are obscured in the available specimens.

Notes

Published as part of Kiel, Steffen, Sami, Marco & Taviani, Marco, 2023, Mollusks (Gastropoda, Bivalvia) from Miocene cold-seep deposits in northern Italy: revisions and additions, pp. 115-160 in European Journal of Taxonomy 910 on pages 130-132, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2023.910.2365, http://zenodo.org/record/10350702

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
MGGC , MSF , NRM
Family
Naticidae
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
MGGC 22304 , MSF 1218 , NRM Mo 204847
Order
Littorinimorpha
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Guilding
Taxon rank
family
Taxonomic concept label
Naticidae Guilding, 1834 sec. Kiel, Sami & Taviani, 2023

References

  • Moroni M. A. 1966. Malacofauna del " Calcare a Lucine " di S. Sofia - Forli. Palaeontographica Italica 60: 69 - 87.
  • Bellardi L. & Michelotti G. 1840. Saggio Orittografico sulla Classe dei Gasteropodi Fossili dei Terreni Terziarii del Piemonte. Tipografia Reale, Torino.