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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Cerithiopsis
? sp.
Fig.
27X
Material.
A single very fragmentary specimen,
MGUH
33202.
Occurrence.
Lithified top of the Maastrichtian Tor Formation just south of Højerup Church at Stevns Klint.
Description.
Teleoconch whorls flattened, twice as wide as high and separated by rather indistinct sutures. Base flattened. Columella smooth without folds.
Sculpture consists of three moderately weak spiral ribs with strongly developed, rounded tubercles numbering around 16 per whorl. Transverse sculpture only present in the form of a weak, opisthocyrt organization of the tubercles.
Measurements.
MGUH
33202, consisting of two teleoconch whorls,
0.65 mm
high and nearly
0.6 mm
wide.
Remarks.
The specimen strongly resembles the Danian
Cerithiopsis subcylindracea
(
Briart & Cornet, 1873
)
from
Belgium
with which it may be conspecific. The Danish taxon is kept under open nomenclature due to the extremely poor material and the slight stratigraphic separation.