Gastropods from the Cretaceous-Palaeogene boundary in Denmark
Author
Hansen, Thomas
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-08-12
4654
1
1
196
journal article
26049
10.11646/zootaxa.4654.1.1
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1175-5326
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Zebina
sp.
Fig. 26D
Material.
Specimen
MGUH
33166 is an external mould.
Occurrence.
The specimen was found in the
Cerithium Limestone Member
,
52–62 cm
above the K-Pg boundary at Rødvig, Stevns Klint.
Description.
Spire blunt with smooth and flatly dome-shaped protoconch consisting of 1 ½ convex whorls; transition to teleoconch rather gradual. Teleoconch with fairly high whorls, the first being rather weakly convex, the following becoming more convex with increasingly steeply inclined flanks. Suture distinct but not deep. Aperture narrow, obliquely lenticular with a weakly developed anterior apertural channel; aperture height approximating 40 % of shell height, the width corresponding to just over 60 % of height.
Measurements.
Minute gastropod,
MGUH
33166 is 2.0 mm high and
0.9 mm
wide and consists of approximately 5 ½ whorls, protoconch included.
Remarks.
Zebina
sp. is distinguished from most species belonging to this genus by the unusually well developed anterior apertural channel and strongly rounded base. It has a passing resemblance to the Early Cretaceous
Zebina dziki
Kaim, 2004
from
Poland
, but differs by the thinner shell, the rounded base and the narrow aperture. It differs from the mid Danian
Zebina
sp. 1 and
Zebina
sp. 2 sensu
Lauridsen & Schnetler (2014)
from
Denmark
by the relatively broader apex and narrow aperture with developed channel.