The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea (Aspellinae, Ergalataxinae, Coralliophilinae, Rapaninae)
Harzhauser, M.; Landau, B.M.; Merle, D. (2025). The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea (Aspellinae, Ergalataxinae, Coralliophilinae, Rapaninae). Zootaxa 5611(1): 1-106. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5611.1.1
In: Zootaxa. Magnolia Press: Auckland. ISSN 1175-5326; e-ISSN 1175-5334, more
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Taxonomic status > New taxa > New genus
Taxonomic status > New taxa > New species
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Zoltania; Aspella teter; Favartia kovacsi; Muricopsis hystrix; Pazinotus aster; Pazinotus pulcher; Cathymorula exilissima; Coralliophila acuta; Coralliophila badensis; Coralliophila elegantula; Coralliophila hoplites; Coralliophila megaglobosa; Coralliophila wegmuelleri |
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- Harzhauser, M.
- Landau, B.M.
- Merle, D.
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| Abstract |
We document 59 species of Aspellinae, Ergalataxinae, Coralliophilinae, Rapaninae and Muricidae incertae sedis from the Miocene of the Central Paratethys Sea. The subfamily Coralliophilinae is the most specious group among these subfamilies, comprising numerous rare and overlooked new species. Aspellinae and Rapaninae display moderate endemicity, whereas Coralliophilinae and Ergalataxinae are characterized by high endemicity. This points to a diversity hotspot, which formed in the coral reefs of the Middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Favorable conditions during the Langhian (early/middle Badenian) are also reflected by an enormous boom in diversity and a distinct loss of species numbers with the subsequent onset of the Serravallian (late Badenian). |
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