Pteropurpura friedbergi ( Cossmann et Peyrot, 1924 )

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 : 132

Pteropurpura friedbergi ( Cossmann et Peyrot, 1924)

( Figs 59–60 )

1924 Murex friedbergi – COSSMANN & PEYROT, p. 98.

1995 Murex (Tubicauda) friedbergi Cossmann et Peyrot – BAŁUK, p. 212, pl. 22, figs 6–8 (cum syn.). 2016 Murex friedbergi Cossmann et Peyrot – WYSOCKA et al., text-fig. 11/C.

Material – 11 specimens; Coşteiu: M.59.1869, M.59.1871, M.60.6930B, M. 60.6958E –F, M.60.6993D–F; Nemeşeşti: M.60.8110B–D.

Remarks – The species is widely distributed in the Badenian Central Paratethys. It is known in Austria, Bulgaria, Poland, Romania, and new field works prove its abundance in Hungary at Tekeres (Mecsek Mts).

Figures

Figs 59–60. Pteropurpura friedbergi (Cossmann et Peyrot), M.59.1871, SL 23.5 (2.5×), apertural and abapertural views. – Figs 61–62. Menathais viciani Kovács, M.60.10129, SL 29 (1.6×), abapertural and apertural views. – Figs 63–64. Muricodrupa? styriaca (Hilber), M.60.6985, SL 23 (2×), apertural and abapertural views. – Figs 65–66. Orania fusulus (Brocchi), M.60.7958D, SL 13.6 (2×), apertural and abapertural views. – Figs 67–68. Morula (Morula) bellardii (Hoernes et Auinger), M.60.6997A, SL 7 (9×), apertural and abapertural views. – Figs 69–70. Morula (Habromorula) austriaca (Hoernes et Auinger), M.60.7948, SL 20.5 (2×), apertural and abapertural views