Murexsul sandbergeri (Hörnes, 1856)

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 : 123

Murexsul sandbergeri (Hörnes, 1856)

(Figs 30–31)

1856 Murex Sandbergeri – HÖRNES, p. 674, pl. 51, fig. 5.

2017 Murexsul sandbergeri (Hörnes) – VICIÁN et al., p. 270, pl. 2, figs 15–16.

Material – 3 specimens; Coşteiu: M.60.6965; Lăpugiu: M.60.7943 (2).

Remarks – The taxonomic arrangement by LANDAU et al. (2013) is accepted herein, and sandbergeri is assigned to genus Murexsul . The species is widely distributed in the Early Badenian Central Paratethys but is a rare element of the mollusc assemblages.