Annales Musei historico-naturalis hungarici

Author(s): Szabó, J.
Title: Vertesella (Colloniidae), a new genus in a Middle Jurassic gastropodfaunula from the Vértes Mts (Hungary)
Year: 2012
Volume: 104
Pages: 417-430.

Abstract: Remains of six gastropods are available from an outcrop that is one of the rare Jurassic fossil localities in theVértesMts.Most shells are poorly preserved; however, a single specimen indicates a new genus, Vertesella gen. n. with its type species, Vertesella vertesensis sp. n. in the faunula. Shell morphology suggests that it belongs to Colloniidae of its original diagnosis; pre-Cretaceous origin of this family seems very likely from a group of Jurassic genera, however, not all malacologists share this opinion. The occurrence of this new genus prompts us to continue thinking about the relationships and history of this insufficiently known but diversely interpreted family. With 15 figures.
Keywords: Vértes Mts, Colloniidae, Vertesella, Middle Jurassic
Subject: zoology

Journal: Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici
Journal abbreviation: Annls hist.-nat. Mus. nat. hung.
ISSN: 0521-4726
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Matskási, I. & Merkl, O.