Fusus fasciatus, Wolff, 1897

Harzhauser, Mathias, Landau, Bernard M. & Vermeij, Geerat J., 2024, The Dolicholatiridae and Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea) of the Miocene Paratethys Sea, Zootaxa 5470 (1), pp. 1-92 : 72

‘Fusus’ fasciatus Wolff, 1897 non Röding, 1798

* Fusus fasciatus — Wolff 1897: 282, pl. 27, figs 6–7 [non Fusus fasciatus Röding, 1798 ].

Fusus fasciatus Wolff 1897 — Hölzl 1958: 246, pl. 21, fig. 2 [non Fusus fasciatus Röding, 1798 ].

Discussion. This species is based on poorly preserved material. Early whorls are missing, no information on apertural features is available and the siphonal canal—if present at all—is missing. Wolff (1897) assumed a total height of up to 40 mm. The fragment cannot be identified at genus level and even placement at familial level is uncertain. The name Fusus fasciatus is preoccupied by Röding (1798) for an extant fasciolariid from the Indian Ocean [= Marmorofusus undulatus ( Gmelin, 1791) ]. Therefore, the fossil species from Bavaria will need a new name. As we have not seen the specimens, we refrain from introducing a new name.

Distribution in Central Paratethys. Eggenburgian/Ottnangian (Early Miocene): North Alpine Foreland Basin: Kaltenbachgraben, Thalberggraben ( Germany) ( Hölzl 1958).