Cenozoic Ampullinidae and Naticidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Patagonia, Argentina
Cenozoic Ampullinidae and Naticidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Patagonia, Argentina
Journal of Paleontology (May 2013) 87 (3): 502-525
- Argentina
- Cenozoic
- Chubut Argentina
- faunal studies
- Gastropoda
- Invertebrata
- Mollusca
- morphology
- Naticidae
- new taxa
- Patagonia
- Santa Cruz Argentina
- shells
- South America
- taxonomy
- Tierra del Fuego
- Tierra del Fuego Island
- Valdes Peninsula
- Ampullinidae
- Puerto San Julian Argentina
- Darwinices claudiae
- Tejonia arroyoensis
- Polinices mina
A revision of the Cenozoic Ampullinidae and Naticidae from a wide range of localities and stratigraphic units in Patagonia revealed the occurrence there of thirteen species referable to these families. Ampullinid species described are Tejonia? tapia (Feruglio, 1935); Tejonia arroyoensis n. sp. and Pseudamaura dubia (Petersen, 1946). Naticids are represented by the following valid species: "Natica" entreriana Borchert, 1901; Euspira patagonica (Philippi, 1845); Notocochlis borrelloi (Brunet, 1995); Bulbus subtenuis (Ihering, 1897); Polinices santacruzensis Ihering, 1907; Polinices puntarenasensis Ihering, 1907; "Polinices" ortmanni Ihering, 1907 (nomen dubium); Polinices mina n. sp.; Glossaulax secundum (Rochebrune and Mabille, 1885); and Darwinices claudiae n. gen. n. sp.