A new gastropod fauna from an Oligocene back-reef lagoonal environment in west central Florida
1997; Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum; Volume: 110; Linguagem: Inglês
10.5962/bhl.part.3576
ISSN0028-1344
AutoresEdward Petuch Dfjkutineiit Of Gt'olos ',
Tópico(s)Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
ResumoT\vent\-one new species of i^astropods and three new gastropod genera are described from a ncwK -recognized back-reef lagoonal facies of the Oligocene Snwannee Formation.The new species, which were collected in a lirnt'stone quarry in westernmost Polk Count\', Florida, inclnde: Astraca (Astraliiiin) polkcn.sisn. sp.(Turbinitlae), Piimzi.sinuskentlmvi n. sp.(Potaniididae).Prisiiuircritliiiiiii prisma n. sp.(Cerithiidae), Paclii/troinminm iliilli n. .sp. and Paclujcrommium inansfiehli n. sp.(i)otli .Naticidae), Ct/i)nir()rl>is ki'iuhvici n. sp.(Cvpraeidae).Spiniftilf^^iir i^c'inmulatiiin n. sp.(Bus\conidae), Soh'no.steirasiticiiiiiifcnsis n. sp.(Buccinidae), Vasuin siiwaiincensi.sn. sp.(Turl)inellidae), Ftilsih/ria kciidrcui n. sp.(\'olutidae), Conoiiiitra ki-iiilnwi n. sp.(N'olntomitridac), D<'nliiiuir<j,ti dalli n. sp., Persiculri (hickin/i n. sp., Per.siculii nuieneili n. sp., Persicula suuditni-cnsis.n, sji,, PniiiiiDi friaic n. sp., Pniimiii je.ssicac n. sp., Pniniiiii sdiuhyu-n.sp.(all Margin<-llidac).Coiiits lAsprcllin kcndrciLt n. sp.(Gonidac).Plciii'dfiisid (hiwliitfl,!n. sp.('Inrridael, and Siiaaiiiirsriiplui liiiiliu-n, sp.(Cylichnidae).The new genera, whicli ajipear to be irslrirled to Oligocene coralline enxironnicnts, include: ('I'stiiiiici rilliiiiiii n. ij;cii, and Prisiiiacciifhiniii n. gen.(( !crilliiidae) and Siiiiaiiiu'siaplia n. gen.((A'liehnidac).In tolal, seventv-two species of gastropods were collected from h)iir diiierent back-reel lagoonal biotopes, including biolicruis ol the branching coral Sti/ltiplmm iiiiiiutissiiiui, open-bottoni sand areas, sea grass beds, and inlertidal mud flats with o\ster bars.Kci/ Udifls:
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