Terebra cf. cacellensis Pereira da Costa, 1867

Harzhauser, Mathias & Landau, Bernard M., 2023, The auger snails (Gastropoda, Conoidea, Terebridae) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea, Zootaxa 5385 (1), pp. 1-70 : 56-57

Terebra cf. cacellensis Pereira da Costa, 1867

cf. Terebra Cacellensis Costa —Pereira da Costa 1867: 81: pl. 13, figs 3–6.

Terebra transylvanica H. et Au.— Strausz 1954: 36, pl. 2, fig. 41 [non Terebra transylvanica Hoernes & Auinger, 1880 ].

Terebra cacellensis transylvanica Hoernes & Auinger — Strausz 1966: 392, pl. 5, figs 6–7 [non Terebra transylvanica Hoernes & Auinger, 1880 ].

Terebra cacellensis transylvanica Hoernes et Auinger — Csepreghy-Meznerics 1972: 35, pl. 18, fig. 10 [non Terebra transylvanica Hoernes & Auinger, 1880 ].

cf. Terebra (Myurellina) cacellensis Da Costa — Davoli 1977: 163, pl. 3, figs 15, 16, 18, 20–24.

cf. Terebra (Myurellina) cacellensis Da Costa — Davoli 1990: 105, pl. 10, figs 12a–b.

Terebra (Terebra) cacellensis transylvanica Hoernes & Auinger, 1880 — Nikolov 1994: 68, pl. 8, figs 11–12 [non Terebra transylvanica Hoernes & Auinger, 1880 ].

Terebra (Hastula) striata Basterot, 1825 — Katona et al. 2011: 9, pl. 2, fig. 2 [non Hastula striata (de Basterot, 1825) ].

Type material. Lectotype of Terebra cacellensis (designated by Davoli 1977: 164) specimen illustrated by Pereira da Costa (1867: pl. 13, fig. 4); we are not aware of the whereabouts of the material.

Discussion. Strausz (1954, 1966), Csepreghy-Meznerics (1972) and Nikolov (1994) illustrated slender specimens with gradate spire, subcylindrical whorls, strongly reduced axial sculpture, a swollen, often slightly angulated subsutural band and a weakly angulated last whorl. Herein, we tentatively compare these shells with Terebra cacellensis Pereira Da Costa, 1867 as described by Davoli (1977, 1990) from the Tortonian of Italy. As we have not seen this material, the identification is preliminary.

Paleoenvironment. The Paratethyan specimens drive from agitated, shallow marine, nearshore deposits, such as those represented by Várpalota ( Hungary) (own data, M.H.).

Distribution in Central Paratethys. Badenian (Middle Miocene): Pannonian Basin: Várpalota ( Hungary) ( Katona et al. 2011); Bükk Mountains: Borsodbóta, Bóta ( Hungary) ( Csepreghy-Meznerics 1972); Dacian Basin: Pleven ( Bulgaria) ( Nikolov 1994).

Proto-Mediterranean Sea. Tortonian (Late Miocene): Po Basin: Montegibbio, S. Agata, Stazzano, Sogliano ( Italy) ( Davoli 1977, 1990).

Northeastern Atlantic: Algarve Basin: Cacela ( Portugal) (Pereira Da Costa 1867)