The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 22: Marine Heterobranchia (excluding Pyramidelloidea)
Landau, B.; Harzhauser, M.; Malaquias, M.A.E. (2023). The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 22: Marine Heterobranchia (excluding Pyramidelloidea). Cainozoic Research 23(2): 337-432 In: Cainozoic Research. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden; Weikersheim. ISSN 1570-0399, more |   |
| Keywords | Gastropoda [WoRMS]; Heterobranchia [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal | | Author keywords | southern Spain, Upper Pliocene, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia |
| Authors | | Top | - Landau, B.
- Harzhauser, M.
- Malaquias, M.A.E., more
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| Abstract | In this paper we review the Heterobranchia (excluding Pyramidelloidea) of the Lower Piacenzian, Upper Pliocene of Estepona, southern Spain. 59 species are reviewed representing 37 genera. Voluta exilis Eichwald, 1829 is a junior homonym of Voluta exilis melin, 1791, therefore Ringicula guzhovi nov. nom. is proposed for the Paratethyan species. Tornatina hemipleura Fontannes,1880 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Acteocina knockeri (E.A. Smith, 1872). This group includes species with mostly planktotrophic development that are widely dispersed geographically and long lived `stratigraphically. This is especially true of the Architectonicidae. Hence, in contrast to other parts of this series, none of the species are endemic to the Estepona assemblages. Both shallow and deeper-water taxa are represented, and the assemblage is similar to that found in the tropical Mediterranean Pliocene of Italy (Mediterranean ecostratigraphic unit MPPMU1).
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