Azeca cf. lubricella Boettger, 1870

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Azeca lubricella Boettger, 1870: 292 .

Azeca (Azeca) lubricella lubricella: Wenz, 1923: 1092 . Azeca lubricella lubricella: Schlickum, 1976: 8 (pl. 1, fig. 21). Azeca cf. lubricella lubricella: Gall, 1980: 66 .

Material examined. BSPG 1952 XVIII 45 (2 spcm.).

Previous identification of the material. Gall (1980: Nr. 29): Azeca cf. lubricella lubricella Boettger.

Discussion. The present specimens are simply apertural fragments, where two teeth (one columellar and one palatal) can be seen. While the aperture shape and dentition seem to clearly indicate the genus Azeca, identification beyond that remains rather tentative. Still, the dentition of the present specimens agree very well with Azeca lubricella, a species typical from the Silvana-beds in the Middle Miocene of Southern Germany (Schlickum 1976).

Paleoecological remarks. The single recent species in the genus, Azeca goodalli (Férussac), lives in leaf litter in woodlands or shrublands, often with calcareous soil (Welter-Schultes 2012). Schlickum (1976) states that A. lubricella specifically may have lived on the immediate vicinity of a water body.