Terebratula terebratula (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dulai, A., 2013, Sporadic Miocene brachiopods in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Leiden, the Netherlands): Records from the Mediterranean, the North Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 30, pp. 15-51 : 37-39

Terebratula terebratula (Linnaeus, 1758)

(Figs 60–61)

Material – Melpignano (3 fragmentary specimens).

Size (mm) –

Length (16.3) (21.5)

Width (16.3) (24.0)

Notes – Three shelly but fragmentary specimens are available from Melpignano in the NBC collection. Unfortunately, the anterior parts are missing and the anterior commissures are unknown. However, the lateral commissures and the available parts of the shells indicate some folds at the anterior part of the specimens. The posterior part and the characters of the beak also refer to Terebratula . This genus has a large, circular, permesothyrid foramen. LEE et al. (2001) summarised the problematic and rather long history of Terebratula terebratula , and they discussed the relationships of the species currently included in the genus Terebratula . LEE et al. (2001) recognised only three valid species within the genus: T. terebratula (Linnaeus, 1758) , T.ampulla (Brocchi, 1814) and T. scillae Seguenza, 1871 . At the same time they synonymised three frequently mentioned species ( Anomia sinuosa Brocchi, 1814 ; Terebratula calabra Seguenza, 1871 ; Terebratula costae Seguenza, 1871 ) with T. terebratula . It was a common and widespread Miocene terebratulide in the Mediterranean.

Terebratula sp.

Material – Pauvrelay (fragments of 1 brachial and 1 pedicle valves).

Size (mm) –

Length (34) (20)

Width (25) (16)

Notes – The very limited Pauvrelay material consists only of fragmentary Terebratula valves. There are several epibionts (Bryozoans, worm tubes) on both external and internal sides of the valves, which suggest that epibionts’ larvae settled on the brachiopod valves only after the death of the specimens. The isolated and fragmentary valves refer to shallow, agitated environment.