Middle Miocene Buccinoidea (Neogastropoda) assemblage from the Făget Basin (Romania) in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

Abstract

An early Badenian (middle Miocene) Buccinoidea (Colubrariidae, Eosiphonidae, Tudiclidae, Fasciolariidae, Melongenidae, Pisaniidae and genus Euthriofusus) assemblage – that was collected from Coşteiu de Sus, Lăpugiu de Sus, and Nemeşeşti (W Romania), and stored in the collection of the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest – is revisited. Fasciolaria moravica Hoernes et Auinger, 1890 is considered as a junior synonym of Turrilatirus patruelis (Bellardi, 1884) new comb. Other new combinations: Cumia deshayesi (Michelotti, 1847) new comb., Eosipho hoernesi (Bellardi, 1872) new comb., Pseudolatirus rothi (Beyrich, 1856) new comb., Aplus lapugyensis (Hoernes et Auinger, 1890) new comb., Aplus transsylvanicus (Hoernes et Auinger, 1890) new comb. Pseudolatirus boettgeri is a new name for Fusus sublamellosus Boettger, 1906. Neotype is designated for Aptyxis palatina (Strausz, 1954). With 100 figures.