Dentalium klipsteini Kittl, 1891

Hausmann, Imelda M., Nützel, Alexander, Roden, Vanessa Julie & Reich, Mike, 2021, Palaeoecology of tropical marine invertebrate assemblages from the Late Triassic of Misurina, Dolomites, Italy, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 66 (1), pp. 143-192 : 176

Dentalium klipsteini Kittl, 1891

Fig. 29 .

1891 Dentalium Klipsteini Kittl ; Kittl 1891: 172, pl. 1: 3.

1978 Dentalim klipsteini (Kittl) [sic!]; Zardini 1978: 56, pl. 39: 14–17, 20, pl. 40: 7.

1978 Dentalium klipstein (Kittl) n. f. tenuistriatum [sic!]; Zardini 1978: 56, pl. 39: 19, 22, 23, pl. 40: 13.

Material.— Fourteen specimens, 7 from bulk samples, 7 from surface samples; 11 from Lago Antorno ( PZO 12869–12871 , 3 figured specimens; PZO 12868 , 8 specimens) ; 3 specimens ( PZO 12758 ) from Misurina Landslide; Italy, Carnian, Triassic.

Remarks.—Only broken specimens were found. Characteristic of this species are the more or less oblique annulations in combination with variably strongly pronounced longitudinal ribs.

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Carnian, Upper Triassic; northern Italy (Cassian Formation) (Paleobiology Database, https://paleobiodb.org).

Figures

Fig. 29. Dentaliid scaphopods Dentalium klipsteini Kittl, 1891, from Lago Antorno, Cassian Formation, northern Italy, Late Triassic. PZO 12869 (A), PZO 12870 (B), and PZO 12871 (C), in lateral view.