Coralliophila granifera ( Michelotti, 1847 )

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 : 138

Coralliophila granifera ( Michelotti, 1847)

(Figs 77–78)

1847 Pyrula graniferus – MICHELOTTI, p. 266, pl. 17, fig. 6.

1966 Coralliophila granifera Michelotti – STRAUSZ, p. 286, pl. 36, figs 6–7 (cum syn.).

2016 Coralliophila granifera (Michelotti) – STEIN et al., p. 92, pl. 40, fig. 4 (cum syn.).

Material – 4 specimens; Coşteiu: M.60.6980 (3), M.60.10959.

Remarks – The shell morphology of the rare species is highly variable. The Coşteiu material with low spire and broad last whorl agrees well with the type.