Paziella (Flexopteron), 1969

Kovács, Zoltán & Vicián, Zoltán, 2019, Muricidae (Neogastropoda) from the Middle Eocene of the Hungarian Paleogene Basin, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 36, pp. 31-51 : 42

Paziella (Flexopteron) sp.

( Figs 22–24 )

Material – HNHM INV 2020.25., INV 2020.26. (2).

Remarks – The juvenile specimens from the Late Lutetian mollusc assemblage of Tés possess multispiral protoconch, sculpture of seven varices on the last whorl, and slightly spiny P1. These features are typical of P. ( Flexopteron ). However, early whorls of different Eocene species of the subgenus are very similar (see above), and the species level identification seems impossible in lack of adult morphology. Nevertheless, the specimens indicate diverse occurrence of the subgenus in the Middle Eocene HPB.

Figures

Figs 22–24. Paziella (Flexopteron) sp. – Figs 22–23. HNHM INV 2020.25., Tés, SL 3.6, apertural views. – Fig. 24. HNHM INV 2020.26., Tés, SL 3.2, apertural view (Photos: A. Dulai). Scale bar: 500 Μm