Turris citima ( Bellardi, 1877 )

Kiel, Steffen, Sami, Marco & Taviani, Marco, 2023, Mollusks (Gastropoda, Bivalvia) from Miocene cold-seep deposits in northern Italy: revisions and additions, European Journal of Taxonomy 910, pp. 115-160 : 137

Turris citima ( Bellardi, 1877)

Fig. 7G

Pleurotoma citima Bellardi, 1877: 17 , pl. 1 fig. 7.

Pleurotoma citima – Ferrero Mortara et al. 1981: pl. 8 fig. 1a–b.

Material examined

ITALY – Tuscany • 1 spec.; Ca’ Cavalmagra ; MSF 1307 (H = 6 mm) .

Remarks

Bellardi (1877) reported this species as being infrequent in Middle Miocene strata of the Turin hills.

Stratigraphic and geographic range

Middle Miocene, northern Italy.

Figures

Fig. 7. Neogastropoda Wenz, 1938 and Heterobranchia Burmeister, 1837 from Miocene Calcari a Lucina seep deposits in northern Italy. A–C. The eosiphonid Eosipho hoernesi (Bellardi, 1872). A–B. Specimen with well-preserved aperture, from Ca’ Piantè (MSF 1070). C. Specimen showing details of spiral ornament, from Ca’ Rovereti (NRM Mo 204839). D. The buccinid Neptunea? sp. from Le Colline (MSF 2359). E–F. The olivid Olivella longispira Bellardi, 1882. E. From Le Colline (MSF 1202). F. From Guzzano (MGGC 22310). G. The turrid Turris citima (Bellardi, 1877), from Ca’ Cavalmagra (MSF 1307). H–I. The turrid Turricula sp., from Ca’ Piantè (MSF 1081). J. The pyramidellid (Heterobranchia) Turbonilla sp., from Ca’ Cavalmagra (MSF 1305).