Favartia absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832 )

Harzhauser, Mathias, Landau, Bernard M. & Merle, Didier, 2025, The Muricidae (Gastropoda, Muricoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea (Aspellinae, Ergalataxinae, Coralliophilinae, Rapaninae), Zootaxa 5611 (1), pp. 1-106 : 17-19

Favartia absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832)

Figs 7 , 8A–C

* Murex absonus nob.— De Cristofori & Jan, 1832: 11.

Murex syphonostomus mihi— Michelotti 1841: 17, pl. 1, figs. 10–11.

Murex absonus Jan —Hörnes 1853: 222, pl. 23, figs. 6a–d.

Murex Meneghinii mihi— Libassi 1859: 42, pl. 1, fig. 20.

Murex absonus Jan. — D’Ancona 1871: 22, pl. 2, fig. 6.

Murex absonus Jan. — Bellardi 1873: 68, pl. 5, fig. 3.

[ Murex absonus Jan. ] Var. abilus De Greg.— De Gregorio 1885: 273 [pro Murex absonus sensu Hörnes 1853: 222 , pl. 23, figs. 6a–d].

Murex (Muricidea) absonus Jan —Hoernes & Auinger 1885: 205.

Murex (Favartia) absonus Jan. — Cossmann 1903: 29, pl. 1, fig. 2.

Murex (Favartia) absonus Jan — Sacco 1904: 20, pl. 5, figs. 19–20.

Murex (Favartia) absonus var. plioaspirata Sacc. — Sacco 1904: 20, pl. 5, fig. 21.

Murex absonus Jan var.— Friedberg 1912: 171, pl. 11, fig. 3.

Murex (Favartia) absonus Jan — Montanaro 1935: 26, pl. 2, fig. 10.

Murex absonus Jan var.— Friedberg 1938: 116.

Aspella (Favartia) absona Jan — Korobkov 1955: pl. 70, fig. 12.

A [spella]. (F [avartia].) absona (Jan) — Sieber 1958: 145.

Aspella (Favartia) absona (Jan) sp.— Ruggieri et al. 1959: 31, pl. 7, figs. 37, 39.

Murex absonus Jan, 1832 — Zelinskaya et al. 1968: 185, pl. 44, figs. 1–2.

Murex absonus De Cr. Jan, 1832 — Pinna 1971: 432, pl. 76, fig. 6.

[ Murexiella ] absonus Cristofori & Jan, 1832 — Vokes 1971: 12.

Aspella (Favartia) absona (De Cristofori & Jan) — Caprotti & Vescovi 1973: 161, pl. 1, fig. 4.

Favartia absona (Jan, 1832) — Malatesta 1974: 287, pl. 23, fig. 5.

Aspella absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Caprotti 1976: 10, pl. 15, fig. 4.

Murex absonus De Cristofori & Jan, 1832 — Pinna & Spezia 1978: 144, pl. 29, fig. 2.

Murexiella absona ( De Cristofori et Jan, 1832) — Stojaspal 1978: 334.

Favartia absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Inzani & Bertarelli 1985: 27, pl. 1, fig. 3.

Favartia absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Andreoli & Marsigli 1992: 7, pl. 2, fig. 3.

Favartia absona (Jan, 1832) — Cavallo & Repetto 1992: 88, fig. 192.

Favartia absona (Jan, 1832) —Muñiz-Solis & Guerra-Merchán 1994: 27, figs. 6A–B.

Aspella (Favartia) absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Bałuk 1995: 219, pl. 26, figs. 2–6.

Favartia absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Chirli 2000: 22, pl. 11, figs. 3–8.

Favartia absona (Jan, 1832) —Brunetti & Vecchi 2005: 17, fig. 8c.

Favartia absona (de Cristofori & Jan) — Landau et al. 2007: 45, text-fig. 11, pl. 12, fig. 4.

Favartia absona (Cristofori & Jan) — Goret et al. 2013: 16, text-fig. 12, pl. 4, figs. 4–5.

Favartia (s.s.) absona ( Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Kovács et al. 2018: 120, figs. 5O–P.

Favartia (s.s.) absona ( Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Kovács 2020: 463, pl. 2, figs. 14–15.

Favartia absona ( De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) — Merle et al. 2022: 284, pl. 58, figs. 5–9, pl. 59, figs. 1–3.

Type material. Lectotype (designated by Pinna 1971: 432), MCSNM i 4302 (Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano), Castell’Arquato ( Italy), Pliocene, illustrated in Pinna (1971: 432 pl. 76, fig. 6).

Illustrated material. NHMW 1864/0001/0568a, SL: 21.1 mm, MD: 15.5 mm, Steinebrunn ( Austria), figs. 8A 1 –A 3. NHMW 1864/0001/0568b, SL: 20.8 mm, MD: 14.6 mm, Steinebrunn ( Austria), figs. 8B 1 –B 3. NHMW 1855/0045/0080, SL: 20.8 mm, MD: 13.3 mm, Steinebrunn ( Austria), illustrated in Hörnes (1853: pl. 23, fig. 6), holotype of Murex absonus abilus De Gregorio, 1885 , figs. 8C 1 –C 2 .

Additional material. 4spec.,NHMW 1860/0001/0206,Steinebrunn ( Austria) ; 2 spec.,NHMW 1863/0015/0669, Niederleis ( Austria) ; 3 spec., NHMW 1858/0043/0043, Lăpugiu de Sus ( Romania) .

Description. See Landau et al. (2007: 45).

Paratethyan synonyms. Murex absonus abilus De Gregorio, 1885 was introduced by De Gregorio (1885) for the specimen illustrated in Hörnes (1853: pl. 23, figs. 6a–d).

Discussion. This species was discussed in detail by Landau et al. (2007: 45) and its morphologic variability was demonstrated by Merle et al. (2022).

Paleoenvironment. Shallow marine, inner neritic.

Distribution in Central Paratethys. Badenian (Middle Miocene): Polish-Ukrainian Fore-Carpathian Basin: Zborów (Zboriv) ( Friedberg 1938); Korytnica Basin: Korytnica ( Bałuk 1995); Vienna Basin: Niederleis, Steinebrunn ( Austria) (Hoernes & Auinger 1885); Eisenstadt-Sopron Basin: Forchtenau ( Austria) (Hoernes & Auinger 1885); Pannonian Basin: Letkés ( Hungary) ( Kovács et al. 2018); Bakony Mountains: Bánd ( Hungary) ( Kovács 2020); Mecsek Mountains: Mecsekpölöske ( Hungary) ( Kovács 2020).

(Proto-)Mediterranean Sea. Tortonian (Late Miocene): Po Basin: Montegibbio ( Italy) ( Montanaro 1935); Pliocene: Spain ( Landau et al. 2007), Italy ( Chirli 2000; see Landau et al. 2007 for details).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cord diagrams and apertural features of Aspellinae (Favartia).

FIGURE 8. Favartia absona (De Cristofori & Jan, 1832). A1–A3. NHMW 1864/0001/0568a, Steinebrunn (Austria). B1–B3. NHMW 1864/0001/0568b, Steinebrunn (Austria). C1–C2. NHMW 1855/0045/0080, Steinebrunn (Austria).