Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi, 1814)

1814 Murex cristatus – BROCCHI, p. 394, pl. 7, fig. 15.

2013 Muricopsis (Muricopsis) cristata (Brocchi) – LANDAU et al., p. 160, pl. 24, fig. 2 (cum syn.).

Material – 35 specimens; Coşteiu: M.59.1875 (3), M.60.6949 (6), M.60.6951 (11); Lăpugiu: M.59.1845 (5), M.59.1999 (3), M.60.7954A–C, M.60.7958A, M.60.10167, M.68.500 (2).

Remarks – The species is common in the Middle Miocene localities of the Paratethys and the Proto-Mediterranean Sea.