The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications
Author
Sacchetti, Claudia
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claudiasacc@icloud.com
Author
Landau, Bernard
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bernardmlandau@gmail.com
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Ávila, Sérgio P.
0000-0002-3225-3139
claudiasacc@icloud.com
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-24
5295
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1
journal article
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Fusus virgineus
? Grateloup
—
Mayer 1864: 71
.
Discussion.
Euthriofusus virgineus
(
Grateloup, 1833
)
is a large and distinctive predominantly Miocene species. Mayer’s original identification was based on a “
ein elendes Bruchsţck
[a miserable fragment]” and uncertain. No further specimens have been found, and we prefer to exclude this record pending confirmation.