Paziella (Flexopteron) goniostoma (Hörnes, 1853)

Kovács, Zoltán, 2018, Muricidae (Neogastropoda) assemblages from the Middle Miocene of the Făget Basin (Romania) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 35, pp. 111-142 : 118

Paziella (Flexopteron) goniostoma (Hörnes, 1853)

(Figs 19–20)

1853 Murex goniostomus Partsch – HÖRNES, p. 227, pl. 23, fig. 11.

2011 Paziella (Flexopteron) goniostoma Partsch in Hörnes – MERLE et al., pl. 139, figs 1–2.

Material – 14 specimens; Coşteiu: M.60.6932 (5), M.60.6935, M.60.10351 (2); Lăpugiu: M.59.1949A, M.60.7955B–C, M.60.7982 (2), M.60.10321.

Remarks – Two Flexopteron species are known in the Middle Miocene Central Paratethys, P. (F.) citima (Bellardi) and P. (F.) goniostoma . The latter is characterized by slender shell, multispiral protoconch, narrow aperture, longer siphonal canal, and less developed spiral cords.