Tectura? cf. taurinensis Sacco, 1897, 1847

Kiel, Steffen, Sami, Marco & Taviani, Marco, 2023, Mollusks (Gastropoda, Bivalvia) from Miocene cold-seep deposits in northern Italy: revisions and additions, European Journal of Taxonomy 910, pp. 115-160 : 127

Tectura? cf. taurinensis Sacco, 1897

Fig. 5M–N

Tectura taurinensis Sacco, 1897: 20 , pl. 2 fig. 53.

Tectura cf. taurinensis – Cossmann & Peyrot 1917: 34, pl. 2 figs 47–49.

Tectura taurinensis – Ferrero Mortara et al. 1984: 279, pl. 51 fig. 3.

Material examined

ITALY – Tuscany • 1 spec.; Ca’ Cavalmagra ; MSF 1310 (L = 2.4 mm) .

Remarks

Sacco (1897) reported this species from the Turin hills and as being 4–6 mm long and up to 1.5 mm high. This matches the size of the specimen from Ca’ Cavalmagra. However, as protoconch and shell microstructure of this species remain unknown, its assignment to the patellogastropod Tectura remains tentative.

Stratigraphic and geographic range

Middle to Upper Miocene, northern Italy.

Figures

Fig. 5. Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1980, Patellogastropoda Lindberg, 1986 and Neomphalina McLean, 1981 from the Calcari a Lucina seep deposits in northern Italy. A–G. The colloniid (Vetigastropoda) Homalopoma domeniconii Moroni, 1966. A–B. MSF 2357 from Ca’ Piantè. C–D. MSF 2365 from Ca’ Piantè. E–G. MSF 1216 from Le Colline.H–L. The fissurellid (Vetigastropoda) Fissurella costicillatissima Sacco, 1897, from Le Colline. H–I. Specimen with remnants of surface sculpture (MSF 1214). J–L. Internal mold showing mantle attachment scars and foramen (MSF 1213). M–N. The lottiid (Patellogastropoda) Tectura? cf. taurinensis Sacco, 1897, from Ca’ Cavalmagra (MSF 1310). O–Q. The neomphaline Retiskenea? sp. from Ca’ Cavalmagra. O–P. MSF 2364. Q. MSF 1312.