Nucellopsis dudariensis ( Strausz, 1966 ), 2019

Kovács, Zoltán & Vicián, Zoltán, 2019, Muricidae (Neogastropoda) from the Middle Eocene of the Hungarian Paleogene Basin, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 36, pp. 31-51 : 47

Nucellopsis dudariensis ( Strausz, 1966)

(Figs 30–31)

v 1966 Cantharus (Pollia) dudariensis n. sp. – STRAUSZ, p. 130, pl. 15, figs 6–7.

2005 b Nucellopsis dudariensis (Strausz) nov. comb. – MERLE, 183.

Material – MGSH: E.467 (Holotype) .

Remarks – Cantharus (Pollia) dudariensis Strausz was revised and reinterpreted as a representative of genus Nucellopsis by MERLE (2005 b). The genus is typical of coastal or lagoon environments. N. dudariensis is an endemic species in the HPB and very rare, only the holotype is known from the type locality, Dudar. The Bartonian specimens in the Paris Basin described by MERLE (2005 b) as N. dudariensis differ in morphology; they probably represent a new Nucellopsis species (D. Merle’s personal communication). Concerning another appearance of Nucellopsis in the Alpine Tethys, a specimen was recorded by LORENC (1950: 308, pl. 5, fig. 13) as Muricopsis plicatilis (Deshayes) from the Lutetian–Bartonian of the Vyškov Depression ( Czechia). However, the fragmentary specimen differs from N. plicatilis by more slender shell, its determination needs to be revised.

Distribution – Late Lutetian, Alpine Tethys: Hungarian Paleogene Basin: Dudar.