The Lower Pliocene marine gastropods of Santa Maria Island, Azores: Taxonomy and palaeobiogeographic implications Author Sacchetti, Claudia 0000-0002-3225-3139 claudiasacc@icloud.com Author Landau, Bernard 0000-0002-7768-8494 bernardmlandau@gmail.com Author Ávila, Sérgio P. 0000-0002-3225-3139 claudiasacc@icloud.com text Zootaxa 2023 2023-05-24 5295 1 1 150 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1 journal article 53396 10.11646/zootaxa.5295.1.1 82286fdc-a858-447c-9980-da2e8985d19c 1175-5326 7965273 F3A52660-70B8-439F-A7A0-F45ADC975EA5 Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) Plate 5 G 1 -G 2 Murex oblongus Grateloup 1833 , pl. 100 ( non M. oblongus Brocchi, 1814 ). Murex oblongus Grateloup 1847 , pl. 3, fig. 13 ( non Murex oblongus Brocchi, 1814 ). * Murex suboblongus d’Orbigny 1852: 73 ( nom. nov. pro Murex oblongus Grateloup, 1833 , non Brocchi, 1814 ). Murex incisus Broderip —Ĥrnes 1856: 223, pl. 23, fig. 7. Murex incisus Brod. — D’Ancona 1871: 23 , pl. 4, fig. 6. ? Murex ( Muricidea ) kostejanus Boettger 1902: 29 . Murex ( Favartia ) incisus Brod. — Sacco 1904: 20 , pl. 5, fig. 19-22. ? Muricidea kostejana (Boettger) — Zilch 1934: 252 , pl. 15, fig. 81. Murex ( Favartia ) excisus var. Peyroti Montanaro 1935: 27 , pl. 2. fig. 11. Aspella ( Favartia ) incisa excisa Grateloup , sp. 1833—Glibert 1952: 298, pl. 6, fig. 10. Aspella ( Favartia ) incisa var. excisa Grateloup, 1833 — Brébion 1964: 377 . Favartia incisa (Broderip, 1832 [ sic ])— Inzani & Bertarelli 1985 b: 27, pl. 1, fig. 4. Favartia incisa (Broderip, 1832 [ sic ])— Andreoli & Marsigli 1992: 7 , pl. 2, fig. 4. Dermomurex scalarioides ( Blainville, 1829 ) — Cavallo & Repetto 1992: 86 , fig. 185. Favartia cf. incisa (Broderip, 1832 [sic])— Cavallo & Repetto 1992: 90 , fig. 194. Favartia cf. incisa (Broderip, 1832 [sic])—Muñiz-Solís & Guerra-Merchán 1994: 28, figs. 6C-D. Favartia ( Favartia ) suboblonga (d’Orbigny) — Vokes 1994: 122 , pl. 19, fig. 3. Aspella ( Favartia ) incisa (Broderip, 1832 [sic]) — Bałuk 1995: 221 , pl. 26, figs. 7-9, pl. 38, fig. 5. Favartia suboblonga ( D’Orbigny, 1852 ) — Merle 1999: 300 , text-figs. 39, 40, pl. 5, figs. 7-9, pl. 6, figs. 1-4. Favartia excisa ( Grateloup, 1833 ) — Chirli 2000: 23 , pl. 11, figs. 9-12. Favartia incisa (Broderip, 1832 [sic])— Chirli 2000: 24 , pl. 11, figs. 13-16. Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) — Landau et al . 2007: 46 , text-fig. 12, pl. 12, figs. 5-8. Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) — Landau et al . 2013: 161 , pl. 24, fig. 5. Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) — Goret et al . 2013: 17 , text-fig 13 a, b, pl. 4, fig. 6. Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) — Ceulemans et al . 2016b: 40 , pl. 1, figs. 8, 9. Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) —Landau et al . 2019a: 21, pl. 18, figs. 1-3. non Murex ( Favartia ) suboblongus D’Orb. —Cossmann & Peyrot ( partim ) 1924: no. 752, pl. 12, figs. 21-22 [unnamed species fide Merle, 1999 ]. non Murex ( Favartia ) suboblongus D’Orb. —Cossmann & Peyrot ( partim ) 1924: no. 752, pl. 12, fig. 23 [= Pygmaepterys subdecussatus ( D’Orbigny, 1852 ) ]. non Murex ( Favartia ) suboblongus var. quadrangulatus Cossmann & Peyrot 1924 : no. 753, pl. 12, figs. 31, 32, 43 [= Favartia excisa ( Grateloup, 1833 ]. Santa Maria material examined. Maximum height 19.0 mm, width 10.0 mm. DBUA-F 946-3 (1), Ponta dos Cedros, Santa Maria Island, Azores , Touril Complex, Lower Pliocene. Discussion. Unfortunately, the Azorean specimen is decorticated, giving the surface a somewhat different aspect to that usually attributed to this species. Nevertheless, the size, general shape, penultimate whorl with two strong cords, and the last whorl with strong varices and a long recurved P1 (terminology follows Merle 1999 , 2001 ) at the shoulder are consistent with Favartia suboblonga ( d’Orbigny, 1852 ) . For detailed description and discussion on the species, see Landau et al. (2009 , 2013 , 2019). Distribution. Middle Miocene (Langhian and Serravallian): Atlantic, Loire Basin, France (Glibert 1952), Aquitaine Basin (Cossmann & Peyrot 1924); Paratethys, Austria (Hörnes 1853), Poland ( Bałuk 1995 ),? Romania ( Boettger 1902 ; Zilch 1934 ); Proto-Mediterranean (Serravallian), Karaman Basin ( Landau et al . 2013 ). Upper Miocene (Tortonian): Atlantic, NW France ( Brébion 1964 ; Landau et al . 2019a); Proto-Mediterranean, Italy ( Montanaro 1935 ). Lower Pliocene: Atlantic, NW France ( Brébion 1964 ; Ceulemans et al . 2016b ), Santa Maria Island, Azores (this paper); western Mediterranean, France ( Goret et al . 2013 ); central Mediterranean, Italy ( Chirli 2000 ). Upper Pliocene: western Mediterranean, Estepona Basin ( Landau et al . 2007 ); central Mediterranean, Italy ( Sacco 1904 ; Cavallo & Repetto 1992 ; Andreoli & Marsigli 1992 ). Upper Pliocene-Pleistocene:Atlantic NW France ( Brébion 1964 ).