Orania cf. bellardiana (Foresti, 1884)

Plate 5 F 1 -F 2

cf. * Pollia bellardiana Foresti, 1884: 304, pl. 1, fig. 2.

cf. Pollia bellardiana Foresti, 1884 — Ceregato et al. 2010: 56, pl. 1, figs. 10-12.

cf. Orania bellardiana (Foresti, 1884) — Brunetti & Cresti 2018: 74, fig. 267.

Santa Maria material examined. Maximum height 17.0 mm, width 12.0 mm. DBUA-F 828-2 (1), Ponta dos Frades, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Touril Complex, Lower Pliocene.

Discussion. The single specimen from Santa Maria is too poorly preserved to offer a description. Orania fusulus (Brocchi, 1814), from the Upper Miocene to present-day Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola, including the oceanic islands of Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands, is slenderer, with a longer siphonal canal. Orania turrita (Borson, 1821) has a similarly short siphonal canal, but is squatter, broader with a more scalate spire. In profile, the Azorean specimen is most like O. bellardiana (Foresti, 1884) from the Lower Pliocene of Italy. That species had not been refigured since its original description until recently (Ceregato et al. 2010: pl. 1, figs. 10- 12; Brunetti & Cresti 2018: fig. 267). Better preserved material would be needed to confirm this identification.

Distribution. Lower Pliocene: Atlantic, Santa Maria Island, Azores (this paper).