Terebralia ’ morleti ( Cossmann, 1889 )

Thivaiou, Danae, Harzhauser, Mathias & Koskeridou, Efterpi, 2023, Cenozoic diversity and distribution of the mangrove- and mudflat-associated gastropod genus Terebralia Swainson, 1840 (Potamididae: Caenogastropoda) in Europe, Comptes Rendus Palevol 22 (14), pp. 245-264 : 252

‘ Terebralia ’ morleti ( Cossmann, 1889)

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Potamides morleti Cossmann, 1889: 73 , pl. 2, fig. 8.

Terebralia Morleti Cossmann & Pissarro, 1913 : pl. 29, fig. 151 quat. 4.

Terebralia (s. str.) morleti – Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 111.

DISTRIBUTION. — North-eastern Atlantic. Lutetian of the Paris Basin ( Cossmann 1889; Cossmann & Pissarro 1913; Le Renard & Pacaud 1995).

REMARKS

This species has been described and illustrated by Cossmann (1889) and Cossmann & Pissarro (1913), who placed it in Terebralia . This was followed by Le Renard & Pacaud (1995). The syntype figured in the online database of the Museum national d’Histoire naturelle (MNHN.F.A29167)is a Potamides-like species with weak sculpture, a thinner shell than most representatives of Terebralia , rare varices and is most probably not a Terebralia .