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Turritriton grundensis

  • 1. & Zoltán VICIÁN & H- 1077 Budapest, Wesselényi utca 52, Hungary. E-mail: kovacs. zoltan @ lisztakademia. hu
  • 2. H- 1158 Budapest, Neptun utca 86, 10 / 42, Hungary. E-mail: kauri 72 @ gmail. com

Description

Turritriton grundensis (Hoernes et Auinger, 1884)

(Figs 37–38)

1884 Triton (d. Simpulum) Grundense – HOERNES & AUINGER, p. 177, pl. 21, fig. 16.

2009 Turritriton grundensis (Hoernes & Auinger) – LANDAU et al., p. 72, pl. 6, fig. 5 (cum syn.).

Material – 13 specimens (SL 17–22); HNHM: INV 2017.679. (Figs 37–38), 12 specimens in private collections.

Description – Gracile shell, high, step-like spire, spire whorls with two strong spiral cords at mid-whorl, sloping ramp, strongly shouldered last whorl. Ovate aperture, denticulate outer lip thickened by labral varix, long, narrow, straight siphonal canal, columella with two folds, thickened parietal callus. Spiral sculpture of well-developed primary and secondary cords, axial sculpture of broad, rounded ribs, growth lines and one varix on the last whorl.

Remarks – The species is typical of the Central Paratethys. It differs in morphology from the similar M. heptagonus in slender shell, sloping sutural ramp and finely reticulate surface. T. grundensis is a new record in Hungary.

Distribution – Badenian: CP (Austria, Hungary, Poland).

Notes

Published as part of Kovács, Zoltán & Vicián, Zoltán, 2017, Middle Miocene Tonnoidea and Ficoidea (Caenogastropoda) assemblages from Letkés (Hungary), pp. 75-104 in Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 34 on page 90, DOI: 10.17111/FragmPalHung.2017.34.75, http://zenodo.org/record/15627274

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
HNHM
Material sample ID
INV 2017.679
Scientific name authorship
Hoernes et Auinger
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Littorinimorpha
Family
Cymatiidae
Genus
Turritriton
Species
grundensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Turritriton grundensis (et, 1884) sec. Kovács & Vicián, 2017

References

  • HOERNES R. & AUINGER M. 1884: Die Gasteropoden der Meeres-Ablagerungen der ersten und zweiten Miocanen Mediterran-Stufe in der Osterreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie. - Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen geologischen Reichsanstalt 12: 153-192, pls 17 - 22.