Journal article

Publication year: 2020

Pages: 13-47

Journal: International Journal of Malacology

Volume number: 149

Issue number: 1

ISSN: 1869-0963

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/149/013-047

Publisher: Schweizerbart Science Publishers

Abstract: 
The present contribution details a moderately diverse fauna of freshwater and terrestrial gastropods from Roc de Santa in the Spanish Pyrenees. The strata at this locality, famous for its mammal fauna, have been dated to the early Priabonian (European mammal stage MP17) based on mammals. The molluscan fauna consists of 5 aquatic species, belonging to the families Hydrobiidae, Lymnaeidae, and Planorbidae, and 15 terrestrial species, assigned to Craspedopomatidae, Cochlostomatidae, Strobilopsidae, Vertiginidae, Discidae, Filholiidae, Clausiliidae, Archaeozonitidae, Helicoidea indet., and familia incerta (Trissexodontidae?). Eohispania nov. gen.. Headonia nov. gen., Neniopsilla nov. gen., Pseudolectonica nov. gen., Laxecostula nov. gen., Eohispania dominicii nov. sp., Belgrandiella? nichterli nov. sp., Enneopupa priabonica nov. sp., Paracraticula? catalaunica nov. sp., Calogoniodiscus pvrenaicus nov. sp., Triptychia catalanica nov. sp., Laminifera nannodes nov. sp., Neniopsilla amoena nov. sp., and Pseudotectonica pulchra nov. sp. are introduced as new taxa. The paucity of comparable Eocene non-marine assemblages in western Europe renders this fauna an important addition to the Paleogene continental gastropod record. The assemblage points to the presence of a humid forest with small lakes or ponds.

Harvard Citation style: Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T., Nordsieck, H., Marigo, J. and Minwer-Barakat, R. (2020) Late Eocene non-marine gastropods from Roc de Santa (Spanish Pyrenees), International Journal of Malacology, 149(1), pp. 13-47. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/149/013-047

APA Citation style: Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T., Nordsieck, H., Marigo, J., & Minwer-Barakat, R. (2020). Late Eocene non-marine gastropods from Roc de Santa (Spanish Pyrenees). International Journal of Malacology. 149(1), 13-47. https://doi.org/10.1127/arch.moll/149/013-047