2013/10/13 by Rodrigo B. Salvador · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Mollusks and Parasites Studies #Evolution and Paleontology Studies #Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
paper · doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3721.2.3
openalex publication_date 2013/10/13 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Sandelzhausen is an Early/Middle Miocene (Mammal Neogene zone MN5) fossil site near Mainburg, S Germany, and despite its small size it harbors a rich fossil record. Hundreds of fossil continental mollusks, almost exclusively pulmonates snails, were recovered during the excavations, but never received due attention by researchers. Here, the second part of a formal taxonomical treatment of the fossil pulmonates from Sandelzhausen is presented, dealing with the superfamilies Succineoidea, Testacelloidea and Helicoidea, and including the description of a new hygromiid species. The following species were found in the material: Succinea minima (Succineidae); Palaeoglandina sp. (Spiraxidae); Testacella zellii (Testacellidae); Klikia cf. coarctata (Elonidae); Cepaea cf. eversa, Cepaea cf. sylvestrina and Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus (Helicidae); ?Helicodonta sp. and Helicodontidae indet. (Helicodontidae); Leucochroopsis kleinii and Urticicola perchtae sp. nov. (Hygromiidae).