Jaton sowerbyi ( Michelotti, 1841 )

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 : 130

Jaton sowerbyi ( Michelotti, 1841)

(Figs 56–58)

1841 Murex Sowerbyi – MICHELOTTI, p. 8, pl. 1, figs 14–15.

1967 Ocinebrina erinacea (L.) – KÓKAY, p. 90, pl. 1, fig. 75 [non Ocenebra erinaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) ].

2007 Jaton sowerbyi (Michelotti) – LANDAU et al., p. 38, text-fig. 9/2, pl. 10, figs 3–4 (cum syn.).

2016 Jaton sowerbyi (Michelotti) – CEULEMANS et al., p. 44, pl. 3, fig. 1.

Material – 6 specimens; Coşteiu: M.60.10110; Lăpugiu: M.59.1854, M.60.7985B, M.60.10154, M.68.497B, M.68.498D.

Remarks – The specimens recorded earlier as erinaceus Linnaeus in the Hungarian literature actually represent J. sowerbyi . The species differs in morphology from the Pliocene–Recent O. erinaceus by more elongated shell, smaller and rounded aperture, and finer sculpture. The Early Miocene J. dufrenoyi (Grateloup) is similar in overall morphology but differs by dentate outer lip.