Orania cf. bellardiana ( Foresti, 1884 )

Sacchetti, Claudia, Landau, Bernard & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2023, The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications, Zootaxa 5295 (1), pp. 1-150 : 75

Orania cf. bellardiana ( Foresti, 1884)

Plate 5 F 1 -F 2

cf. * Pollia bellardiana Foresti, 1884: 304 , pl. 1, fig. 2.

cf. Pollia bellardiana Foresti, 1884 — Ceregato et al. 2010: 56, pl. 1, figs. 10-12.

cf. Orania bellardiana ( Foresti, 1884) — Brunetti & Cresti 2018: 74, fig. 267.

Santa Maria material examined. Maximum height 17.0 mm, width 12.0 mm. DBUA-F 828-2 (1), Ponta dos Frades, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Touril Complex, Lower Pliocene.

Discussion. The single specimen from Santa Maria is too poorly preserved to offer a description. Orania fusulus ( Brocchi, 1814) , from the Upper Miocene to present-day Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic from Portugal to Angola, including the oceanic islands of Azores, Madeira, and Canary Islands, is slenderer, with a longer siphonal canal. Orania turrita ( Borson, 1821) has a similarly short siphonal canal, but is squatter, broader with a more scalate spire. In profile, the Azorean specimen is most like O. bellardiana ( Foresti, 1884) from the Lower Pliocene of Italy. That species had not been refigured since its original description until recently ( Ceregato et al. 2010: pl. 1, figs. 10- 12; Brunetti & Cresti 2018: fig. 267). Better preserved material would be needed to confirm this identification.

Distribution. Lower Pliocene: Atlantic, Santa Maria Island, Azores (this paper).

Figures

PLATE 1. A. Danilia pterostomus (Bronn, 1861), height 5.0 mm, width 4.0 mm, Forno da Cré (figure taken from Bronn in Hartung, 1861, pl. 19, fig. 2). B1-B2. Emarginula octaviana Coen, 1939, DBUA-F 487-1, height 1.8 mm, diameter 3.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo. C. Bolma cf. rugosa (Linné, 1767), DBUA-F 471-3, diameter 4.1 mm, Ponta do Castelo. D1-D5. Turbo hartungi Bronn 1861, DBUA-F 1295-1, height 9.0 mm, width 8.0 mm, Malbusca (east cave). E1-E3. Nerita cf. funata Dujardin, 1837, DBUA-F 917-1, height 4.0 mm, width 6.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo. F1-F2. Thericium crenulosum (Bronn, 1862), height 10.0 mm, width 6.0 mm, Ponta do Norte lighthouse, LNEG collection (unnumbered). G1-G2. Thericium hartungi (Mayer, 1862), height 29.0 mm, width 13.0 mm, Pinheiros (figure taken from Bronn in Reiss, 1862, pl. 1, fig. 11). H1-H2. Thericium incultum (Mayer, 1862), DBUA-F 1034-2, height 23.0 mm, width 10.0 mm, Macela viewpoint. I1-I2. Thericium incultum (Mayer, 1862), DBUA-F 1027-1, height 29.0 mm, width 11.0 mm, Malbusca II. J1-J2, K1-K2. Bittium miradouroense nov. sp., Holotype DBUAF 1034-5, height 6.8 mm, width 1.9 mm (J); Paratype DBUA-F 1034-6(1), height 5.3 mm, width 1.9 mm (K), Macela viewpoint. L1-L2, M1-M2. Bittium nov. sp., DBUA-F 488-2, height 4.5 mm, width 1.8 mm (L), height 4.2 mm, width 1.7 mm (M), Ponta do Castelo.

PLATE 2. A1-A2. Bittium nanum (Mayer, 1864), DBUA-F 1296-2, height 4.9 mm, width 2.0 mm, Malbusca. B. Tenagodus (Tenagodus) obtusus (Schumacher, 1817), DBUA-F 1283-2, height 12.0 mm, width 11.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo. C. Epitonium sp., DBUA-F 931-1, height 4.0 mm, width 2.8 mm, Pedra-que-pica. D1-D3. Janthina krejcii, SMF10135a, height 25.0 mm, diameter 32.0 mm, Macela viewpoint (pictures from Beu, 2017, fig. 26). E1-E3. Janthina typica (Bronn, 1861), DBUA-F-428, height 19.0 mm, diameter 21.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo, (pictures from Beu, 2017, fig. 25). F.Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus, 1758), DBUA-F 1283-1, diameter 30.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo. G1-G3. Hipponix sulcatus (Borson, 1820), DBUA-F 937-1, height 5.3 mm, diameter 14.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo. H1-H2. Euspira atlantica (Mayer, 1862), height 16.0 mm, diameter 19.0 mm, Ponta do Norte lighthouse, LNEG collection (unnumbered). I. Triphorid s.l., DBUA-F 471-5, height 3.2 mm, width 1.3 mm, Ponta do Castelo. J1-J2. Cerithiopsis cf. tubercularis (Montagu, 1803), DBUA-F 1023-1, height 3.0 mm, width 1.2 mm, Ponta do Castelo. K. Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck, 1818), DBUA-F 946-2, height 13.0 mm, width 6.0 mm, Ponta dos Cedros. L. Thylacodes arenarius (Linnaeus, 1758), DBUA-F 869-1, height 33.0 mm, width 24.0 mm, Ponta dos Cedros. M1-M3. Alvania cancellata (da Costa, 1778), DBUA-F 1296-3, height 4.0 mm, width 2.2 mm, Malbusca.

PLATE 5. A1-A2. Tritia atlantica (Mayer, 1862), DBUA-F 1295-2, height 13.0 mm, width 6.5 mm, Malbusca (east cave). B1-B2 C1-C2. Tritia serraticosta (Ĥrnes, 1852), DBUA-F 1292-A, height 6.2 mm, width 4.1 mm (B); height 8.1 mm, width 4.2 mm (C), Macela viewpoint. D. Tritia vetulum (Mayer, 1862), height 12.0 mm, width 6.0 mm, Pinheiros (figure taken from Bronn in Reiss, 1862, pl. 1, fig. 5). E1-E2. Aplus sp., height 7.5 mm, width 4.0 mm, Ponta do Castelo, LNEG collection (unnumbered). F1- F2. Orania cf. bellardiana (Foresti, 1884), DBUA-F 828-2, height 17.0 mm, width 12.0 mm, Ponta dos Frades. G1-G2. Favartia suboblonga (d’Orbigny, 1852), DBUA-F 946-3, height 19.0 mm, width 10.0 mm, Ponta dos Cedros. H1-H2. Bellardithala obsoleta (Brocchi, 1814), DBUA-F 542-4, height 5.9 mm, width 2.0 mm, Ponta dos Frades. I1-I2 J. Cancilla volvaria (Bronn, 1862), DBUA-F 937-2, height 10.9 mm, width 4.8 mm (I), Ponta do Castelo; height 15.5 mm, width 5.5 mm (J), Pinheiros (figure taken from Bronn in Reiss, 1862, pl. 1, fig. 4). K. Mitra (s.l.) peregrinula Mayer, 1864 species inquirenda, height 5.5 mm, width 2.5 mm, Feteirinhas (= Ponta das Salinas) (figure taken from Mayer, 1864, pl. 7, fig. 61). L1-L2. Mitra (s.l.) sp., DBUA-F 1295-3, height 12.9 mm, width 7.0 mm, Malbusca (east cave). M. Africonus trochilus (Mayer, 1864), length 16.0 mm, width 9.0 mm (incomplete spire fragment), Pinheiros, (figure taken from Mayer, 1864, pl. 7, fig. 60). N1-N2. Lautoconus cf. anomalomamillus (Sacco, 1893), DBUA-F 924-1, height 22.0 mm, width 11.0 mm, Malbusca. O. Plagioconus sp., height 35.5 mm, width 16.0 mm, unknown locality, LNEG collection (unnumbered). P1-P2 Q. Stephanoconus candidatus (Mayer, 1862), DBUA-F 913, diameter 19.0 mm (apical fragment of juvenile), Ponta dos Frades (P); diameter 40.0 mm, height 22.0 mm (incomplete spire fragment), Pinheiros (figure taken from Bronn in Reiss, pl. 1, fig. 1).