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Bolhttino dclk Societl Pahontologica ltaliana 43 (3),2003 rssN0375-7633409-45r 8 pls. Modena, Dicembre 2004 The xenophorid gastropodsof the Mediterranean I the record of the Siena Basin GiuseppeMaNcANELLI Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali Universit)rdi Siena Valeriano SpRolNl Via Augusto Toti 6 Lucignano (fuezzo) Simone CnNTnNELLI Museo di Storia Naturale "Le Sezionezoologice Specola" Universith di Firenze IGY II(/ORDS- Gastropoda,Xenophoridae,Xenophora davolii n. sp., Reuision,Typt d hnb. ABSTRACT - The systematics of fossilEuro-MediterrAnennxenophoridsis still rektiuely t studying them (uery conseVuatiue shell itructure, few auaikble shell chiracters, the fact that the , amounT,the rarity of certain species and the dfficulty offndingwellpreseraed spicimens).Mos sic monographson Tbrtiary molluscsby M. Hiimet F Saccoand M. Cossmann. SeaTnipecia haue 6een reporte7from the Euro-Meditelrnnean Pliocene;Xenophora cr -Glibert, 1847), X. infundibulum (Broichi, Ig14), X. plioiralica Sacco,1896, X. scaldensis S. testigera(Bronn, I83I). Howeaenall but t6reeC( crispa,X. infundibulum, and S. testig fb;s paper is deuotedto six speciesfound in the Siena PlioceneBasin, a clnssicltalian Plio1, lum, X. p1i<iitalicaS. plioexterisa,aid S. testigera)are redesribedand current hnowbdgeat fom a rtzen specimeni;t dzscribedas new: X. davolii n. sp. In the remarksto the new splcies, -Euro-Mediteianean Tbrtiaryxenophoridspecies,i.e. X. de'shaye si (Micheloni, 1847), X. burc (D'Orbigny, 1852), are discussed. A neotypeis designatgdfortwo species(X. crispa and S. testigera)and a proposalof neoty, X. deshayesi, X. burdigdensis,and X. grateloupi. RASSUNTO - [Gasteropodixenoforidi del Pliocenedel Mediterraneo: I'esempiodel rea Euro-MeditelraneasonoAncorApoco noti A cAusAdelle mobedfficohh cheda sempresi inr podi pochi caratteri disponibili; il fiito chegli ogeni inaccati , 'in (conchigliamoho conseruAtiuai nurneroe-forma e modificnrek forrna dei giri; k iarith di aliune speciTe Fdifficohh di n quindi, chek leneraturaj;;t rileainte disponi-bileconsistaancoradelli clnsiche minografie sui Saccoe M. Cossmann. Nel PlioceneEuro-Mediterrnneo,si trouanosettespecie:Xenophora crispa (KAnig 1825),'. lum (Brocchi,I8I4), X. plioitalica SAcco,1896, X. sialdensisGfibert, I95i], Stellarlaplioexte rnt A parte nt (X. crispa,X. infundibulum e S. testigera),le alne sonopraticamenteiconoscit^ Questokuoro e /ed;cato alle sei specietouate nel Bacino Neogenicodi Siena, un'AreAclzt crispa,X. infundibulum, X. plioitdiia S. plioextensae S. testigErl sonoridesrine e denag su iiascunAdi esse;k sesta,uio xenoforidzdi grandi dimensioni,ltoto da una dozaina di eseil sp. Nell'analisi delh nuoat speciesoio stateesilninate k ualidith e le relazioni di alcuni clnsici X. deshayesi(Michelotti, 1847), X. burdigdensis (Gratehup, 1847) eX. grareloupi (D'Orbi1 (Jn neotipo2 stato designatqper due lpecie (X. crispa e-S. testigera) enna propostaper k specie(X. deshayesi,X. builigalensis e X.'grateloupil. INTRODUCTION Xenophorids are a small group of small to large, slightly mobile, sediment feeding, marine caenogastropods, having conical to depressed, trochiform shells, with a narrow to wide, simple to digitate peripheral flange separating base from spire and an aperture overhung by " sort of roof consisting of the final dorsal portion of the last whorl. They are characterized by some interesting behaviours, the most peculiar of which is the abiliry to attach foreign bodies (shells, pebbles, coral skeletons, plates and spines of seaurchins, plates of balanid cirripeds, shark teeth, man-made objects, etc.) to the dorsal surface of the peripheral flange or digitations of their shell (Vignon, 1923; Morton, 1958; Faber, 1978; Zhu Min-Da, 1984;Feinstein6c Cairns, 1998;Ponder6c De Ke.:vze\1998; IGeipl S( Alf,, 1999).The adaptive value of this behaviour is not clear. It may be an antipredatorystrategy(a visual camouflagein shallow waters;an olfactoryor tactilecamouflagein deep waters) ot have a functional value (lifting the shell above the ground to enable the mollusc to grar,e without moving; increasingstabiliry or weight to preventoverturningof the shell by currentsand turbulence)(Shank, 1969; Linsley 6( Yochelson,1973; Berg, 1974, 1975; Feinstein 6( Cairns, I 998). However, other peculiar behaviours, includitg 410 G, MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CIANFANELLI stromboidean locomotion, feeding in the area Protected by the shell, below th. p.t"iphgr4 flange .""4 the ,oof .teated by the final poitiori of the lasiwhorl grd.burying their faeces,suggeststhat attachment of foreign bodles is part of a stratery for escaping-predator detection (Mortofi, 1958; Linsley 6( Yochelson, 1973; Zhu Min-Da, 1984; Ponder & De Keyzer, 1998;IGeiplscAlf, 1999). Xenophioridshellsarevery aftractiveand therefore popularwith shellcollectors(Faber,1978;Lambiotte, igTg; Goud & Kronenberg,1988-89;Kreipl & Al[ 1999).The startingpoint oI modern til(onomy of the family is Ponder's(1983) extensjvereviewof extant taxa.Although Ponder'sreviewalsoincluded a report on anatomicalmorpholory, his revisionwas mainly in his words the basedon shell charactersl-because "anatomy appearsto be fairly uniform" and only I small amouni of materialwasavailablefor anatomical study.The shell charactersutilized for til(onomy afe: the amount and relative size of foreiqn material attached to the shell surface ( I ), the *idth of the peripheralflange (2), the spire angle (3), the dorsal iculfture and ttrap. of the whorls-(4),tlt. sculptqre of the b"t. (5), thg shape.andsizeof the and^shape umbili.tt (6), the shapeof the basalmargin of the aperture(7) and colour, particularlyof the base(8) (Ponder,1983,p. 3). Ponder (1933) recognized22 extant species,all belongitg to a single gEnus, . XenophqraFischervon \fald[eirir, 1807, in turn, split intb threesubgenera: Xenophora(t.t.), StellariaMoller, 1832, and Onustus Swaihsolr,1840. "shell with Xenophora(t.t.) is characterizedby peripheial flange narroq simple, non-porcellanous ,r.rit"lly; umb"ilicus moderat-eto closed; foreigt objects attachedto all whorls and occuplitg more thin I 13 of the dorsalsurface;mantle edgetentaculate,foot rypicallywith remnantof soleonmetaPodi,t-, ctetridhl filamentsof moderatelength; operculum smooth externally,subtriangular to suboval, rarelystromboid" (Ponder,1983, p. l8). Xenophqra (r.r.)'includes13 species:the Ameii canX. cgnihyliophora (Born, 1780), the Mediterraneanand eastern htlantic X. crispa(Konig,182r, and the Indo-Pacific X. cereA(Reeve, 1845),X. corrugara(Reeve,1842),X. flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938), X. granulosa -Ponder, 1983,X. joPonicaKuroda & Habe, 1971,X. (Ne*tott, 1905), X. neozelanicaSutet mekronensis (Reeve, 1842), X. peroniana pallidula X. 1908, (Iredale, 1929), X. solarioides(Reeve, 1845) and X tenuisFulton, 1938.Accordingto Ponder(1983, P: into rwo informll 4), thesespeciescan be group-ed"rypical speciesof The former lncludes subgroups.^ medium sizeshowingheavyto moderateattachment of foreigt objects,a-narrowpSriphefl flangeand_a very narrow to closed umbilicus", such as X. X. X. cere*,X. colTugat*,X. japonica, con'chyliophora, "small to pallidulA, etc.,attd the latter, ,to"ikniro, X. -species showing moderate to heavy medium-sized attachment of foreign bodies, a narrow peripheral flange and a moderite umbilicus", such as X crispa andX. solarioid,es. "shell large, widely Stellaria is characterizedby umbilicate,with wide peripheralflangewhich is simple in some speciesor il digitate or divided into spines; hrr*.tous lottg, hollow, narrow parallel-sided little of dorcbvering small, obiects foreiin attached sal surface;mi'ntle 6dg. mosdy smootli, .t.ttidial filamentsvery long; fooi lacksmetapodialsole;operculum r-ooih .it.tttallv, subtriangular to suboval" extantspecies, (Ponder,1983,p. 50) and includesTirre mainly Indo-Pacific:X. sohris (Linnaeus,1758), X (Pfril_ippir18_4 1) ' (Bronn,_I 83 l) , X. chinenszs testigera -gigantta Schepman, 1909, and X. lamberti X. (SorlvErbie,1871t The five speciesassignedto Stellariamay be sroupedin threeinformal subgroups -"large (Ponder, 1983,i. 4). The first includes a specieswith little foreign material attached,a wide umbilicus,strong radial sculptureon the baseand a into tubular spines" wide peripheralTlaneedivided "species with (X. sokrii, the ,..orrJ a -attached, of medium size^, digitateperiphervery little foreignmaterial al flan Ee,? very narrow umbilicus" (X testigerai,and the third three-"larsespecieswith little foreignmaterial attach.J,-"-oJ.t"i. ,o wide umbilicus,ismooth sculptured base and a wide, simple to strongly -flange" (X. cltinensis,X. gigantea,and X. peripherali lamberti). "shell thin with wide Onustusis characterizedby peripheral, {l?tg. or weakly digitate, .porcellanous below;umbilicusnarrowto wide, sometimesplugged with callus;foreign objectsamachedto peripheryon few to all whorls-,small and inconspicuous,leaving most of shell surface exposed;foot lacks sole on metapodium, mande .4g. smooth, ctenidial filaments very long; operculum radially ridged externally'r'or "lmost ,-6oth, b."ring only verv fite radialstri(Ponder, 1983, pp. SE-Sg)and includes four species:the Indo-PaCificX. indica (Gmelin, l79l) ahd X exuta(Reeve,1842) and the westernAtlantic X. caribaeaPetit de la Saussaye,1857 and X. longleyi Bartsch,1931. proPosedby Ponder systematics The supraspecific ( I 983) hai largelybeeh adoptedwithout objections.Only recent$?id Kreipl et^Al.(1999), Kreipl S(.Alf (1999) and' Nielsen S. De Vries (2002) adopt Xenopltora,Stellaria and Onustusas distinct genera' "differences between these talra are large because enoughto advocategenusstate"(IGeipl et 41.,1999, p. 17"9).However,*File Xenophoraand Onustusseem to havea consistenttil(onomic sense,Stelkria seems composite,making it problematicto seParatefrom Onustus.This g.ttit/t,tbg.ttus includes,tery different entities: one lpecies, fiochus solaris,wiih tubular (hollow) peripheraldigitationswhich has sometimes a distinct monotyPic recentlybeen-assigned-to ^ genus (Steltaiia or UaTlphoebusFischer, 1879i M?-llory 1978;Lambiofte,1979;Abbott & Dance,1981);one XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE species,Pltorus testigerus,with solid blunt peripheral digitations and unique anatomical characters (penis structure), always regarded as a peculiar member of Xenophora and never associated with Stellaria (ot Haliphoebus) or Onustus (or Tugurium); three species, Tiochus chinensis, Xenophora gif,antea, and X. lamberti, having a large peripheral Tlinge with non porcellanous lower surface and without peripheral digitations, which Lambiofte (1979) assifinedto Tusuiium together with the four species Iater assigiled to Onustus by Ponder (1983). Species of Onustus are really very'similar to these three speciesdiffering only in pot..flanous lower surface of p.tipheral t'fange; moreover all these species except X. gigantea and X. longleyi (assigned rc-TrochotuguVium S"ico, 1896, by Mallory, 1978) also share a wavy inner basal margin of peristome. Species of Stellaria and Onustus share some "n"to-ical characters(foot without metapodial sole; mantle edge mostly smooth or smooth; very long which distinguish them frori ctenidial fiI"-..ttr) speciesof Xenophora (foot with reirnant of metapodial sole; mantle edge tentaculate; ctenidial filaments of moderate length)l Ve therefore prefer to recognize rwo genera, rather than three: Xenophora and Stelkiia. The latter genus may be split into subgenera: Stelkria (r.r.) for" T solaris',Stellaria (n. sube.i. ?) for P testigerusand Stellaria (Onustus) for T chlnensis, X. gigantea, X. lamberti, T indicus, P exutus, X. caribAeA and X. longleyi. According to Kreipl et al. (1999) and Kreipl S( Alf (1999), Xenophora is also divided into subgenera:Xenophora (r.r.i and the monorypic Austrophora IGeipl, Alf & Kronenberg, 1999 (ryp. speciei: Onustusjlind.ersi Cotton & Go-dfrey, I 938i. Shell characters support easy identification of some extant species,but the identification of others is somewhat controversial. Shell morpholory is very conservative and species-specificcharacters are modest, especially within the nominorypical subgenus. Some characters (dorsal sculpture, whorl and suture shape) are often difficult to evaluate becausemost of the spire is covered with attached objects or their scars and others (amount and size of foreign material attached to surface) may depend on the available material. Norwithstanding this, Ponder's ( l9S3) systematic accounr of *enolphorid species has largbly (Goud 6c Kronenberg, 1988-89; been 'sfilsonaccepted et-a|., 1993; lkeipl & Alf,, 1999) and few points of taxonomic conflict have been raised, for example the status of X. robusta(Verrill, 1870) and X. Fischer, 1873 (see Hutsell, 1994; Kreipl senegalensis S(,{f,, 1999) (fo. the list of exranr species,seeThb. l). The systematics of fossil Euro-Mediterranean xenophorids is still relatively unknown, which is not surprisirg considering the problems involved in studying them. Besidesthose listed for extant species, thel inilude the rariry of certain fossil *.rophorids ".d the difficulry ol finding well pr.r.*.d specimens. Most of the relevant literature dates back to the 4rr classic monographs on Tertiary molluscs by M. Hornes, F. Saccoand M. Cossmann. The only recent exhaustive survey is a little known paper by Zhu MinDa ( 19 84); other recent contributions include Glibert (1949, 1952, I 958), Ertinal-Erentoz ( I 958), Koiumdgieva 6. Strachimirov (1960), Holzl (1962), Pelosio (tg67), Baldi (1973), Janssen(1984), Baluk 'Wienrich (1995), Marquet (1997), (200 1) and Landau et al. (2004). A narrative fossil history of xenophoridsis proposedby Ponder (1983, pp. 10-15, Fig. 5). The paper of Zhu Min-Da (l 984) is basedon the srudy of 400 specimens assignedto 27 different species,but does not make any significant to(onomic contribution. The other papers discuss one or more xenophorids in the context of faunal reports. Seven species are reported from the EuroMediterranean Pliocene (Sacco, I 896; Marquet, 1997), and all but three (X. crispa, X. infundibulum, and S. testigera)are practically utrknown."The present paper is de"votedto th. six speciesfound in thf Siena Neogene Basin, one of which is describedas new. The Siena Neogene Basin, a classic Italian Pliocene area (for g...rfl information see Bossio et dl., 1992, 1993), occupies an almost central portion of the long graben that extends SE from Valle del Serchio to Val di Paglia. It is limited to the west by the Montagnola Seneseand the Murlo-Montalcino ridge, to the north by the Monteriggioni high, that separatesit from the Val d'Elsa Basin, and to the east by the Rapolano ridge, that divides it from the Valdichiana Basin, an areadirectly connected to the Siena Basin, at least in the Middle Pliocene,and continues to the south with the Radicofani Basin, from which it is separated by the Pienza-SanQuirico d'Orcia high. It contains limited lacustrine sediments of the Upper Miocene and abundant marine sediments of the Lower-Middle Pliocene. The marine sedimentary cycle began in the Lower Pliocene (Sphaeroidinellopsisseminulina early 'zone) s.l. and ended il the late Middt. Pliocene (Globorotalia aemilianA zone). Detailed surveys with stratigraphic, sedimentological and palaeoenvironmental analysis are in progress by A. Costantini, A. Lazzarotto, and F. Sandrelli of the Dipartimento di Scienzedella Terra, Universit) di Siena. Species found in the Sienese Pliocene are redescribedand current knowledge about them summarized. Morphological nomencfature is usually that "spire" used by Ponder (1983), including the term for the upper parts of the whorls, adapical to the peripheral flange; the aperture terms are illustrated in the Text-fig. l. Dimensions are measured excludirg attached objects (unlessotherwise specified) and spire angle is taken as a rough measure of the mean spire angle (Cox, 1960), i.e. the angle berween the straight lines joining the apex to the periph ery of the last whorl on opposite sidesof the shell in apertural view. The nomenclature and taxonomy of molluscan speciesfound attached to the shells are according to Cavallo & Repetto ( 1992). The material examined is G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S, CIANFANELLI 412 Thb. I - Extanr xenophorids.Marine zoogeographicregionsaccordingto Briggs (1974). Species Geographic distribution Main references Remarls Indo-'West Pacific ('Western Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Indo-Polynesian and Northwestern Australia Provinces) and Japan Regions Ponder(1983),Goud 6c Kronenberg( 1988-89), 'Wilson et il. (1993), lireipl & Alf (1999) Conchologically and anatomicdly very similir to the America n X. coichyliophora .and to the sympatnc A. perontilnil. Ponder(1983),Goud & Kronenberg( I 988-89), Kreipl S{ dilf (1999) Concholoeicallv and anatomically very similir to th. tropical Indo-' \7est Pacific X. cerea ind X. peroni- The speciesof Xenopltora: X. cerea(Reeve,1845) (Born, 1780) Carolina,'Western X. conchyliophora 'West Atlantic (Caribbean, Indian and Brazilian Provinces), California (Cortez and San Diego Provinces) and Eastern Pacific (Mexican and Panamanian Provinces) Regions X. conugara (Reeve, 1842) Indo-'WestPacificRegion ('WesternPonder(1983), Stewart& and Kosuge(1983),Goud & Indian Ocean,Indo-Folynesian Provinces) Australia Northwesrern f,,2t r\B;'$j [:,';i?'olF"n (Leee) X. crispa(Ktinig, 1825) Mediterranean-Atlantic (Lusitania Province) and Eastern Atlantic (V/'est African Province) Regions X. flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, Southern Austrdia Reeion i e38) (Southeastern Australii Province) X. granuhsaPonder,1983 (lndoIndo-\7est Pacific Region Polynesian Province) X. japonica Kuroda 6c Habe, Indo-'West Pacific (Indo-Polynesian Province) and Japan Regions r97| Ponder(1983),Goud & Kronenberg( 1988-89), G iannu zzi-Savelliet al. (1997), Kreipl s( Alf (1999) Ponder(1983),Goud & Kronenberg( 1988-89), Vilson et il. (1993), Ifteipl & Alf (1999) Ponder(1983),Goud 6c I(ronenbers( I 988-89), Ifteipl s{ Af (1999) Ponder(1983),Goud 6c IGonenberg(1988-89), Kreipl S{ Alf (1999) There is much controversy about its relationship with the #estern Atlantic X. sinegalensisFischer, 1879. X. flindersi is assignedto the subseius Austophorilfteipl, Alf & f(totrenbere,1999,disfineuished by strombdidoperculumind paucispiralprotoco^nch.Extant sfeci-.ttr assienedto the nomino^rvpical X subspeciei.Another subspecies, Ponder,1983, flinlersi ludbroohae and bccurs in the Lower Pleistocene 'Western possibleUpper Plioceneof Austrdia. V.ry similar to, maybeconspecific with, X. tenuisFulton, 1838-. Polynesian and Nortliwestern Auitralia Provinces) Ponder(1983),Goud & Kronenberg( 1988-89), Vilson et il. (199il, llreipl s{ Alf (1999) Extant specimens assigned to the subspeci^esX mehrone"nsiskonoi Hab^e, 1953. Nominorypicd subspeciesonly occurs in thi Pliocene oT Mekran'Coast, Iran. X. neozelanica Suter, 1908 Northern New Zealand Region (Auckland and Kermadec Provinces) Ponder(1983),Goud & IGonenberg( 1988-89), Kreipl S{ Alf ( 1999) Two extant subspecies are recognized. The no-ittorypical one occurs in New Zealand seas,the other, X. neozeknica kermadecensis Ponder, 1983, is restricted to Kermadec Islands. X. palliduk (Reeve,1842) Indian Indo-\ilV'estPacific ('\tr?'estern Ocean, Indo-Polynesian and Northwestern Aistralia Provinces), Iapan and Southern Australia iSbuth*estern Australia Province) Regions Indo-Vest Pacific (Northeastern Australia and Hawaiian Provinces), Southern Australia (Southeastern Australia Province) and Thsmanian Regions Ponder(1983),Goud 6c IGonenberg(1988-89), Vilson et il. (1993), Boschet al. (1995), Ifteipl S( Alf (Newton, 1905) Indo-'West Pacific Region (lndoX. mekronensis X. peroniana(Iredale, 1929) (I eee) Ponder(1983),Goud & I(ronenbers( I 988-89), Vilson et il. (1993), llreipl s{ Alf ( 1999) Two extant subspecies are recognized. The tto-inorypical one occurs in eastern Austialia, the other, X.peroniana kondoi Ponder, 1983, is restricted to Hawaii Islands. Continued. XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERMNEA,N PLIOCENE 413 Thb. | - Continued. Fischer, 1873 X. senegalensis X. sokrioides(Reeve,1845) Ponder(1983),Goud & Ponder(1933) regarded X. seneIGonenberg(1988-89),Kreipl galemziasnot mo-rethan an ecologicd form of X. crispa(Konig, 1825), S( Alf (19{9) but accordingto lGeipl S( Alf (1999) there are no intermediate forms betweenthe two. Therefore ,lt.y consider X. senegalensis as a disunct specres. (1933), 9oq4.& Indo-\fest Pacific Region ('Western P_onder Extant specim.ens.assigned to the Indian Ocean, Indo-Folynesianand '\ilfilson IGonenberg(1988-89), nominotypicd subspeZies. The Northwestern Australia Provinces) et il. (1993),Ifteipl - & Upper Mibcene or PlioceneX Alf ( L999) solirioidesiezleri Cox, 1948, is very similar rcX. senegalezszi Fischer, Eastern Atlantic Region ('W'est African Province) r879 X. tmuis Fulton, 1938 Japan Region Ponder(1983),Goud 6c lkoqgnberg ( I 988-89), IGeipl S( Alf (199:9) The speciesof Stellaria: S. caribaeaPetit de la Saussaye, Carolina and'WesternAtlantic (Caribbean,'West Indian and r857 Brazilian Provinces)Regions Ponder(1983),Goud & IGo4qnberg( I 988-89), lireipl ScAlf (199:9 S. chinensis(Philippi, 1841) (1983), Got1d.& Indo-\7est Pacific (W'esternIndian P_onder IGonenberg(1988-89), Ocean, Red Sea,Indo-Polynesian '\tr7ilson and Northwestern Australia et il. (1993), Boschet Provinces)and Japan Regions 41.(1995), IGeipl ScAlf (L999) S. acuta (Reeve,1842) Indo-\7est Pacific (V'estern Indian Ocean, Indo-Polynesianand Northwestern Aistralia Provinces) and Japan Regions Indo-\7est Pacific ('WesternIndian Ocean, Indo-Polynesianand Northwestern Aristralia Provinces) and J"p* Regions Indo-\7est Pacific ('WesternIndian Ocean, Indo-Polynesianand NorthwesternAristralia Provinces) Region (IndoIndo-'WestPacificRegion PolynesianProvince) S. gigantea(Schepman,1909) S. indica (Gmelin, l79l) S. hrnberti (Souverbie,I 87l) S. hnglcli Bartsch, l93l S. sohris (Linneaus,1758) F,xtantspecimensareassignedto the nominotypicalsubspecres. .Prnorhersubifecies,S. ihinensis dunheri (Martin , 1879), occursin the Miocene of Java. S. chinensisis very similar to S. kmberti (Souverbie,I 87l). Ponder(1983),Goud & IGonenberg(1988-89), '\U7ilson et il. (1993), lireipl Bc Atf(reee) Ponder(1983),Goud & IGonenberg(1988-89), \Tilson et il. (1993), Kreipl & Alf (reee) Ponder(1983),Goud & IGonenberg(1988-89), \Tilson et il. (1993), IGeipl 6c Alf (reee) Ponder(1983),Goud & liroqgnberg ( I 988-89), IGeipl sc Alf (1999) The extantxenophoridspecieswith Ponder(1983), Goud & Kronenberg(1988-39),Ifteipl the most reduceildisribirdon. S. ScAlf (1999) hmberti is very similar rc X. chinenszs(Philippi, l'844). Indo-'WestPacific Region ('Western Ponder(1983),Goud & Indian Ocean and Inilo-Polynesian I(ronenberg(1988-89),Bosch Provinces) et al. (199r, lGeipl s{ Atf Carolina and'WesternAtlantic (Caribbean,'West Indian and Brezilian Provinces)Regions (I eee) (Bronn, 1831) S. testigera EasternAtlandc (Vest African Province),SouthernAfrica (SouthwestAfrican Province) and Indo-'WestPacific ('WesternIndian Ocean Province) Regions kept in public institutions and private collectionsfor wllich rhe followirg- acronyms are used: AFMSN, Museo di Storia Naturale dell'Accademia dei Fisiocriticidi Siena;IPUM, Dipardmento del Museo di Paleobiologiae dell'Orto Botanico, Universiti di Modena e ReggioEmilia; DSTUT Dipartimento di Ponder(1983), Goud 6c Extant specimensassignedto dislftonenberg (1988-39), Kreipl S. teiigera digitata - tinct subspecies: (Marr.elg,1878) occuridong"the S( Alf (199:9) west African coastand S. tesiigera profunda(Ponder,1983) occu-rsin hoithernmost EastAfrica and Gulf of Aden. Scienze della Terra, Universith di Torino; FPC, F, Pizzolarc collection, Arezzo; GMC, G. Manganelli collection, Siena; IGE Museo di Storia Naiurale, Sezione di Geologia e Paleontologia, Universith di Firenze; MMAS, Museo del Mare Antico, Salsomaggiore; MRSN, Museo Regionale di Scienze G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CIANFANELLI 414 Naturali, Torino; VSC, V. Spadini collection, Lucienano. Details on the collettion localities are giveri in Tab. 2. BASIN OFTHE PLIOCENE THEXENOPHOzuDS OF SIENA ClassGnsrnoPoDACuvier, 1795 SubclassOntHocASTRoPoDA Ponder& Lindb€rg, 1995 Cox, 1960 SuperorderCeENocASTRoPoDA OrdeiSonnr,ocoNcHePonder& Lindberg, 1997 PoDA Suborder HvpsocASTRo Ponder& Lindberg, 1997 Infraorder LrrrozuNIMoRPHA 1975 Golikov & Starobogatov, 1852 toschel, XENopHoRoIDEA Superfamily -Family Thoschel,1852 XENoPHoRIDAE Genus XENopHoRA Fischervon \Taldheim, 1807 Typt species Xenophora laeuigata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807, by su6sequentdesignation (Harris, tggz). X. laeuigata is a junior conchyliophorusBorn, I 780. XENopHoRA cRISPA(Konig, 1825) Pl. 1, figs 1-10, Text-figt 2-3 KONtc,p. 3, Pl. 5, fig. 58. crispus 1825Trochus "Not kno\Mn" accordi.g to Ponder Typt materia/ clarify the"identity.of To 45). definitively p. 09{5, we designate ihe specimen figured by Trochus'crispu-r Sacco (189'6, Pl. 2, fiE. 22; 85.066.01.006) as the neorype (Text-fig. 3). lithology Locality Siena Basin Barca (Castelnuovo Berardenga, SI) UTM: 32TPN9802 SI) Finerri(Asciano, UTM: 32TQN124879 SI) quarry(Rapolano, di Rapolano Fornace UTM: 32TQNL092 Guistrigona (Castelnuovo Berardenga, SI) UTM: 32TQN0I99 - Castelnuovo SI) Berardenga, I Sodiquarry(Asciano UTM: 32TQN0198,0298 La Querce (Castelnuovo Berardenga, SI) UTM: 32TQN0399 SI) Monsindoliquarry(Siena, UTM: 32TPN8894 Podere Capanna (Rapolano, SI) UTM: 32TQN096999 Podere Terrarossa (Castelnuovo Berardenga, SI) UTM: 32TQN0801 I'oggiodarno (Asciano, SI) UTM: 32TQN065935 Poggio Vangelo (Asciano, SI) UTM: 32TPN996966 SI) SanVittorio (Asciano, UTM: 32TQN976937 Vescona (Asciano, SI) UTM 32TQN026942 Val di Chiana Basin PoggiGialli (Sindunga,SI) UTM: 32TQN2189 PodereCasuccia(Torrita di Siena,SI) UTM: 32TQN258L Radicofani Basin Lucciolabella(Pienza,SI) UTM: 32TQN2568 Monte Calcinaio(Radicofani,SI) UTM: 32TQN3055 PoggioRotondo (Sarteano,SI) UTM: 32TQN3064 synonym of Trochus Lower Pliocene (G lo borotalia puncticulata zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borota lia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Lower Pliocene (G lo borotalia puncticulata zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (Glo borotalia aemiliana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) Lower Pliocene (G lo borota lia p un cti culata zone) Lower Pliocene (G lo borotalia puncticulata zone) Middle Pliocene (G lo borotalia aemi liana zone) references sand and sandstone A. Costantini (pets. comm.) "shale" A. Costantini (pets. comm.) "shale" Brogi et al. ( 1999) sand, sandstone and A. Costantini (pers. comm.) silry sand "shale" A. Costantini (pets. comm.) sand, sandstone and A. Costantini (pers. comm.) silry sand "shale" Costantini (200 4) and pers. comm. "shale" A. Costantini (pers. comm.) sand, sandstone and A. Costantini (pets. comm.) silry sand "shale" A. Costantini (pers. comm.) "shale" A. Costantini (pers. comm.) "shales" A. Costantini (pets. comm.) "shale" A. Costantini (pers. comm.) sand, sandstone and A. Costantini (pets. comm.) silry sand sand, sandstone and A. Costantini (pets. comm.) silry sand silry shale and silt Costantini & Dringoli (2003) "shale" Liotta 6c Salvatorini (1994) silt Costantini 6c Dringoli (2003) Thb. 2 - Collectionlocalitiesin the PlioceneBasinsof Siena,Val di Chiana and Radicofani XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE 415 Text-fig. I - Nomenclature of base and aperture. On the left a shell of Xenophora infundib Xenophora crispa (Konig, 1825), both from rhe Pliocene ofTerie Rosse-(V.Spadini collecrir Typt locallU -.[6n1g (182,5).reported .l grisgrls (c "cum "in praecedentelTrochusagglutinansLam.]", i.e. calcario cerithico et in argilla prope Grignon Galliae, & c." Fischer(1879) and Sacco(1896) regardedthis localiry as mistaken. Sacco ( I 896) clairned that it probably comes from an Italian Pliocene localiry and Ponder (1983, p. 45) restricted the rype localiry to 'Asti, Italy (Astian, Upp.r Pliocene)". However, witho.rl designation of a lectorype. ol^ neorype, these actions are of no nomenclatural significance.After the present designation of the neoryi'e, the rype localiry becomesdefinitively'Astigiana". Diagnosis - A speciesof Xenophora characterized by small size (l), robust, variably shapedfrom almost discoidal to trochiform shell (2), with narrow irregular, roughly round (where attached objects absent) peripheral flange (3); about 7 -8 whorls having variable profile (0; spire surfacefree of attached objects or their scars, representing about 30-600/oof entire surface(5), and with fine wavy meandering subspiral, sometimes opisthocline, riblets (6); attached objects (mainly bivalveand gastropod shellsand fragments of shellsand pebbles) from small to proportionally very large (7); scarsof attached objects usually deep (8); base from slightly convex to almost flat (9); basal sculpture consisting of collabral growth lines and spiral grooves more distinct near umbilicus and having more or lessgranular appearance(10); basal margin o.fperistome rgry curved and thickened and with ir,r,ting outer portion ( I I ); umbilicus small and deep but often slit-like or hidden by parietal callus (12). Description- Shell (Pl. I , figs I - 10) dextral, small in size, robust, variably shaped from almost discoidal to trochiform, with pointed apex and narrow irregul"r, roughly round (where attached objects absent) peripheral flange; spire more or less conical (angle rangesfrom 70" ro 105") with probably 7-S.regulaily growing whorls (first whorls always erodefl; last whorl large, sometimes slightly dilated; sutures from shallow to deep; profile of whorls variable: where attached objects are absent or small, whorls flat to very slightly convex, where attached objects are large and numerous, whorl profile irregular with lower part inflated and surmounting suture or periph ery; spire surface free of attached objects or their scars, representing about 30-600/o of entire surface, with very fine wavy meandering subspiral, sometimes opisthocline, riblets intersected by prosocline growth lines; attached objects from small to proportionally very large, mainly (about 90o/o) shells and fragments of shell of bivalves and gastropodsor pebbles, and secondarily (about l0%) balanid cirriped plates, bryozoansand foraminifers (largestobject is a pebble 19 mm in length and l3 mm in width) (for other details on attached objects see Thb. 3); scars of attached objects _usually deep; base from slightly convex to almost flat with very variable ornamentation consisti.g of collabral growth lines more marked near aperture and spiral groovesmore distinct near umbilicus and having a more or lessgranular appearance,apparently due to intersection with growth lines (in some well preserved specimens, very thin subspiral or opisthocline riblets are present in areasof lower sur- G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CUNFANELLI 416 Localities Diameter (mm) TerreRosse 38.6t 3.8 (31- 45) n: 62 n:33 Podere Capanna n:9 Height (mm) x4.0 26.9 (r8- 3l) n:29 Angle (degrees) number of attached objectsin last whorl Attached objects number of attached objectsin penultimate whorl 8 4 . 2 x 7 . 3 7 . 2 x 1 . 0 6.9x 1.4 (5- to) (5- s) (70- loo) n:32 n z3 2 n:34 90 - 105 n:3 Shellsand fragmemtsof shellsof bivalves (AcanthocardiZ, Arnusium cristatntrt, An atdara diluuii, Chkmys, Charneleagallina, Corbuk gibba, Ghns iiterrnedia, Glity*eris, Nucuh pkcentinA, Pecten, h[egdrcivtr4s, PeEcyora,Tbllina sp., Timocha oaAtut,Venus uenitcosaand others unidentified), shellsand fragmemtsof shellsof gastropods(Aponhais 'peipelecani,? Bittiurn, eabarata cahirAt*, Cincelhria cancelkta, Cancilk, Cerithiarn, Ckuank romana, Ckaatula rusticA,Conus, Cymathium,Dilorna patulurn, Gqmmuk contigua, Nassaius,Natica tigrina, Strioterebwm, Si elti a uar i cosa, Thrri cuk- di rni di ata, Thrri telk and others unidentified), fragmentsof shellsof scaphopods (Dentalium), pla-tesof cirripeds, tubes oTserpulid annelids-(DitruPa)and Pebbles. Testsof foraminifera, shellsand fragmentsof shells of bivalves (Acanthocardia,?Ana'dara diluuii, Chkmys, Nucuk, Nuankna, PehEora and others unidentified) and shellsand Frryments of shells of gastropods(Nassariusend others unidentifieiD. Thb. 3 - Shell parametersof Xenophorarispa (Kcinig, 1825). faceof peripheral flange); aPertulel"{g.. 1rr.doblique becauseinnermost basll mirgin is behind by almost one third of whorl; peristomJinterruPte{*ilh uPPgr and lower vertices united bV e pari-etalcallus; columellar margin thickened-andsfight[yreflected;basal margin of peristome l-shaped with inner portion .,r*.,ed, thi&ened and-initidly slightly refleciedand outer portion usuallyjuttitg ahd sharp;externalmarein iriesular, thin ^{rd shi'rp; -byumbilicus small and marked spiral line f,..p, t5-.times bordered which forms a sort of keel, but often slit-like or coveredby parietalcallus. Dimensions Diameter: 3l-45 mm; height: 18-30 mm (for moredetails,seeThb.3).Dimensions of other Italian PliocenesPecimens:D: uP to 37-38 mm (De Franchis,1895);D: uP to 50 mm' H: uP to 35 mm (sacco, 1896). Dimensions of Lower Pleistocenespecimens:D: uP- to 58-59 mm (P. D: Franchis,I S95).Dimensionsof e*tant sPecimens: (Ponder, D: 1983); mm to H: up mm, 33.4 42 up to rlb to 43 mIrI, H: up to 34 mm (Goud & Ko..nberg, 1988-89;K.ipl ScAlf,, 1999). Material - SienaBasin: 94 shellsfrom Barca ( 1, GMC), Guistrigona (7, GMC: 6, VSC), Podere Capanna (9, VSC) and Terre Rosse(13, FPC; 49, VSC). Val di Chiana Basin:4 shellsfrom PoggiGialli (3, FPC) and Poderecasuccia(1, FPC). Radicofani Basin:5 shellsfrom PoggioRotondo (5, VSC). Geographic and stratigraPhic distribution Xenoph-oricrispa occurs in the central and western Mediterraneanand the westernAtlandc from France (Gulf of Biscay) to Angola, in the Azores and the CapoVerdeIslinds (Ponder,1983).It hasbeenextensivilv recordedfrom the Plioceneand the Pleistocene of the Mediterranean area, especiallyfrom Italian ourcrops.Judgingfrom publish;d repglls:.thgs.pecies was very widEspieadin the Lower+rtiddle Plibcene (Russieri, 1950, 1962; Lecointre, 1952; Caretto, 1963i Glibert, 1963; Moroni S. Paonita, 1964; , l97l; Malatesta' Caprotti, 1967, 1970;D'Alessandro tg74; Marasti 6c Raffi, 1976; Pavia, 1976; Montefameelio et dl., 1980; Anfossi et 41., 1982; Aimone 6(" Ferrero Mortara, 1983; Zhu Min-Da, 1984; Gonzdes Delgado, 1988; Cavdlo 6( Repetto, E)(PI.{I{ATION OF PIATE I rispa(Ktinig, 1825)from the Middle PlioceneofTerreRosse(Caste Figsl-10 - Xenophora XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITE V SPADIAil,S. CIATVFATVELLI, G. MANGATVELLT, Pl. I 418 G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CIANMNELLI 1992; Thbanelli 6( Segurini, 1994; Andreoli 6( et al., l?96i BgSi.& Cauli, Marsigli, 1996;Vera-Pel{ez 1998;Landauet aL.,2004)th.. Vpp...t 1998;-Repetto, Plioceneind the Lower-Middle Pleistocene(Cerulli Irelli, l9l4; De Fiore, 1937; Ruggieri, 1949, 1950; Giannini, 195l; Malatesta 6( Nicosia, 1955; Malatesta,1960; Glibert, 1963; Moshkovitz, 1963; Papani 6( Pelosio,1963; Pelosio,1964; Rug.gieri* Greco, 1967; Zaccaria, 1968; Compagnoni et dl., 1969; Keraudren, 1970-71; Di Geronimo, 1975; Menesini& Uehi, 1983;ZhuMin-D", 1984;Leoneet in dl., 1998;Thviini et al,, 1998).Its apparentabsence (.f Fontan a-Zanco, malacofaunas Tyrrhenian the 1933;' Segre, 1952a, b, 1954; De Stefani, 1953; Malatestal 1954; Comaschi Caria, 1955; Cuerda Barcelb, 1957;Ruggieri& Buccheri,1968;Keraudren' 1977; 1970-71;Durante,1975;Durante& Settepassi, Russieri & Unti, 1988) might be due to the fact that the"TyrrhenianoutcropsarJof littord facies,an environment where X. cri$a doesnot live. There are three recordsfrom the Miocene, two "Helvdtien" Aquitaine (Salles,Largileyre, of from the Cossmann 6. Peyrot, and Saint-Etienne-d'Orthb; "Tortonian" of Stazzano l9l9) and another,from the (Sacco,1896).The report from Salles(Cossmann& Peyrot,1919,Pl. 13, figs5-6) is listedwith a guestion mark in the synonv-v of Xenophora deshayesi (Michelotti, l84n bi Baluk (199fi, but the shell illustrated(Cossmann6c Peyrot,1919,Pl. 13, figs 56) actuallyseemsvery similar to that of X. crilpa;-,o1t the contrary,the identiry of the shell from Saint-Etienne-d'Orthe(Cossmann& Peyrot,1919,Pl. 18, fig. 9l ) is very uncertain and likewisethat of the shell from Srazzano(Sacco,I 896), kept in the BellardiSaccocollectionat the Museo Regionaledi Scienze Naturaliof Turin (85.066.0I .01I /0 I ). The ecolory and biology of live X crispaare relatively unkno#.,. Adam & Knudsen (1955, as X. mediterruneu)reported that living specimenswere variable tt"t.tt. between dredeed from bbttoms of 'West Africa. Le Loeuff et dept6s of 97 and 263 m in in al.' (197l, as X. mediterrAnet)stated that it lives 'West of (below co.astj the m) 150 along deep water Afriga. Poppe 6( Goto (1991) ieported that,livinq "gravel bottoms between40 and speclmensoccur on 300 m" on the continlntal slope. X. crispais common and widespreadin the Lower and Middle Plioceneof SienaBasin whence it was alreadyreportedby De Franchis(1895). Remarks The taxonomy and nomenclatureof this small xenophoridhas lons been discussedfrom the point of ,rie* of relatiotithipt between extant Mediterraneanand Atlantic forms-,and betweenfossil and extant Mediterraneanforms. Much earlycongive rroversyarosefrom the fact that Konig did no!."cum the exact localiry of collection, but wrote praecedente[Troihusag{utinansf rarus"in the legend if agglutinansLamar&, 1804, was describedFrom the Eocene of the Basin of Paris) (Text-fig. 2). Shortly from the Italian Pliocene (Bronn, after, specimens ^the Italian Pleistocene(Philippi, 1836), the 1831), Mediterranean (\7einkaufl 1873) and the Atlantic (Martens, 1876) were assignedto this species.Fischer "[:..] (ttl9, p. 2ll) wrote: qu'il est lmpossible de cotrse*Er le nom de Xenophoia crispa; I'espbce n'est pas ddcrite, son gisement est faux,' et I'on ne Peut une coquille docbne, savoir si la fieuie reprdsent ^and consequendi ProPosedto miocbne ou pliocbne" commutata replace it with the names Xenophora Fiicher, 1879, for the Italian Pliocene forms, Xenophora trinacria Fischer, 1879, for the Sicilian mediterranea Tiberi, Pleistocene ones, Xenophora 1863, for the extant Mediterranean ones, and Xenophora senegalensisFischer, 1873, for the extant Atlantic ones. Flowever, Sacco ( I 896) observed that the shell figured by Konig (1825) is probably from the Italian Pliocene, wh ereX. rispa is very common. Consequendy, he did not think ii necepary to substitute Kdnigk name as proposed by Fischer (1879). In line with 5"..o (1896), Ponder (i983) recently designated Asti (Italy) as the rype localiry of the species, but this has no nomenclatural significance, without designation of a neotype. To deflnitively clarify the iden-tity of Trochuscriipus an4 define its _rypelocaliry we designate the specimen figured by Sacco (1896, 'Astigiana" as the Pl^.2,fi;. 22; B5.066.01.006)?oneorypJ (Text-fig. 3). rTnocnus, 'I' IIlb. Ifig. irli. 'f Lintt. LAtn. (Ifolhnca. (]ctstct'oTtoda: pccliniLranclicc ;) ttoc ttv s nggltt tirttt tt.s l.ltu. irr cnlt:ario t:eritlrico r:r in argilla propc Crignorr {iallie, &c. nocrrus ct'is2rts. lt. Orrrn praccdctrte, ranls. DisiinguiLlll' & ceteris basi rcticrrlato-crispa. Text-fig. 2 - Origind description and illustration of Xenophora crispa(Konig, 182r. XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE 4r9 "Astigiana" (B. Text-fig. 3 - Neorype of Xenophoramispa (Kcinig, 1825) from Pliocene of I 85.066.0 .006). Tirrin, Ioly, Naturali, Scienz^e The prevalent opinion is currently that the Plioand Atlantic and ."t"tt Medit.tt"t.". Pleisto.*. forms belong to the same monotypic species.Scholars r^ecently Ponder includittg Sfcco ( I 896) and -ot. (1983) who examined much extant and fossil material strongly supported this conclusion. Only a few recent authors have assigned the extant specimens to a different species (X. inediterranen) ot ; subspecies (X. crispa mediterranea), but they were sceptical about the possibiliry of distinguishing it from X. crispa (Adam 6{ Knudsen, 1955) or did not go into the quesrion (Garavelli, 1969; Parenzan, 1976; Le Loeuff it al., 1971; Settepassi,l97l; D'Angelo & Gargiulo, 1978; Lambiotte, 1979; Nordsieck & GarciaThlavera, 1979; Marin 6c Ros, 1990). Another controversial subject is the status of X. Although Lambiotte (1979) and Ponder senegalensis. (1953) listed it as i junior synonym of X. mediterrespectively, Le Loeuff et Al. runea and X. crispa, 'Krot..b.tg (1988-89) and Kreipl (1971), Goud & S( Alf (1999) consider it a diitinct species.Le Loeuff et Al. (197l) regarded the Mediterrane an X. mediterrAnet as specifically distinct from the \7est Atlantic X. senegaleniison th; basis of statistical and ecological 'West dati. Kreipl 6. Alf (1999) considered the Atlantic X: senegalensisa different species, partially sympatric with western Atlantic and Mediterranean "not able to find any X. irispa, because they were intermediate forms between crispa and senegalensis" (Kreipl & Alf,, 1999, p. 53). aringusDe Gregorio,1885 (p.70; type Xenophora "Alt"rrilla"(pliocene)t) was establishedfof a localiryr' Hornes form with shell similar to that fisured bv 'cumulAns ( 18 56, Pl. 44, fig. 3) as Xen1phora (Bronsniart, 1823),but with highef spire,subgranu"tgl-d whorls and small lar bale, posteriorlyslightly "l". 'kno the status of De umbili..ri. As far' "r Gregorio'sspecieshas neverbeen discussed.Ruggieri by et aT.(1958; p. 8) wrote that the taxa establishEd De Gregorio are not available,but this is not true. \7e looked Tot rype material of this species,but without success.Th;'small umbilicus a.d subgranular base described by De Gregorio support X. aringus as a junior synonym of X. crispa, the only Xenophora known from the Sicilian Pliocene. species ^ Ponder (1983) grouped X. uispa and the tropical Indian and Pacific X. sokrioides (Reeve, 1845) into an "small to medium speciesshowing informal group of moder"t."to h."w attachment of foreign bodies, I narrow peripheral'flange and a modera; umbilicus" but remarked that thoigh the rwo speciesare similar, they are not closely related. Sacco ( I 896) considered X. crispa to be derived from the Eocene-OligoceneX cumukns_,through X. cumulans var. transiens Sacco, 1896, of the Vienna Basin, but this hypothesis is unlikely in the light of current knowledge of Mediterranean palaeogeography. Ponder ( 1983) suggested that it may have evolved from Miocene X. burdigalensis (Grateloup, 1847), a Lower Miocene species accorditg to Cossmann & Peyrot ( 19 I 9). The most likely hypothesisis that X. rispa evolved in the Atlantic during the Upper Miocene lnd entered the Mediterranean at the stirt of the Pliocene. Support for this hypothesis might come from the re-eiimination of the material from the Miocene of the Aquitaine Basin assignedto this speciesby Cossmantt & Peyrot ( l9l9) "t? from the Miocene of Florida, assignedto Xenophora delecta floridana Mansfield, 1930, it entity apparently very iimila r to X. crispa (Text-fi g. 4). XENopHoRA DAVOLIIn. sp. Pl. 2, figr l-4, Pl. 3, figt l-3 Diagnosis - A species of Xenophora characterized by verf large size (j), robust gradate shell (2), witll narrow irrEgular shaped, shaiply keeled peripheral flange (3); "6ottt 7-9^whorls hiving irregular profile 420 G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CANFANELLI (4); spire surfacemosdy free of attachedobjects or their icars (5), smoothwith very irregularand prominent rugae,opisthoclinein last whorls (6); attached objectslbinali'e and gastropod shell fragments and pebbles) proportionilly vbry large (7); scars of amachedobl.itr usudly deep'(S);6at. slightly concave (9); basal sculpture consistingof distinct collabral srowth lines itO); basalmaigin of peristome slightl/cutued, thickenedand slight'lyreflected(11); umbilicusabsent(12). Description- Shell (Pl. 2, figs l-4; PL.3, figs 1-3) dextral, f,.ry large in size, roblst and gradate,with shaped, pointed apex aitd very narrow irregirlar -conical (ipire iharply kelled peripherd flange; spire anslb about 70\, *ith probab-ly7--9regularly grbwirrf whorls (first whorls "l*"yt eroded); lasi i'horl lai e, not dilated; profile of ivhorls variable:where attlched obiects ati absent,whorls slighdy convex, but where ih.y are present, whorls iit.g,tl"t with lower Dart inflated and surmounting suture or periph.^tytsuturesusuallvshallow;spireirrface mostly fiee of att"ched objicts and thiir scars,smooth *ith very irregular, prominent, drop-like rugae, which in iastwh"orls,.tp..ially towardperipheA,Iake opisthoclinedirection,intersectedby faint prosocline giowth lines ("t points of intersecdon,growth lines Jometimes have squamulate appearance);opisthocline riblets absenti attachedobjects proportionally consistingof shell fragmenisahd pebbles very large, -obiect (laieest ' sdll aftachedis a 14 x 27 mm pebble, but- scars of larger obiects are visible); siars of amachedobjects isually'deep; baseslighdy concave with distinct collabral growth lines (spiral lines not evident in the only aduft shell having bise freeof sediment, but visible in a juvenile shelfwhich lackscollabral growth lines); aperture large and oblique becauseinnermostbasalmargin is almostone quarter of a whorl behind; peristomeinterrupted wiqh upper and lower verticesunited by large paiietal callus cbvering columellar and innei por;io; of basalmargin; marsin of peristomewith inner portion sliehtly basaT curved, tKick.n.d and initially slightfy reflectedand outer portion initidly iutting and then coinciding with ihternal surface'if p.tilheral flange; exterttJ margin unknown; umbilicus absent. Dimensions-The largestspecimen(Pl. 2, frg. l) is d 12 cm in height iicludabout 17 cm in diameter-an irg attachedobjects. EXPTANATION 4- i#ru;{ f:ni:x#?ir#,rkrf#il:1#t rex'-ng apparently very similar rc Xenophoracrispa (the rhitt is 36 mrl in diameterand 30 -tt irheighu from Mansfield, 1930, Pl. 18, figs 5-6). Tlpt mateial - Elevenspecimensfrom the followirg localitiesof the SienaBasin:TerreRosse(6, VSC; l,-AFMSN), Guistrigona(1, VSC) and L" Qterce (1, FPC; l, GMC). Ahother specimenwas found at PodereCasuccia(1, VSC) in ihe Val di Chiana Basin. The holoqpe (Pl. 2, fig. l) is kept in the Museo di StoriaNatuiale dell'Accidemiadei Fisiocriticidi Siena. Typt locality Berardenga). Terre Rosse (Castelnuovo Etymohg - After Franco Davoli (Modena, Italy), for hii man' important contributionson the Neogene marine molluscsof the Euro-Mediterraneanarea. Geographic and stratigraphic distribution Xenopliori dauolii n. sp. is [nown from a few speci-.ttr collectedin to--e Middle Plioceneoutcrofs of the Siena Basin, all of them deposited in shallow marine environments. Rernarks Before describitg a new species,w€ carefullycheckedthat it did not correspondto some nominal til(on of the many createdby past authors for Neogene xenophorids (T"b. 4). Once this was done, *J proceededto describeit as new. The nirrow peripheralflangemakesit possibleto assign. XeVophoiadnaoli!. r... ip. to Xenophora.Its grganuc rtr6 immediately distinguishesif _from all E*i"trt Xenophoraspecies.In fac7,large Xenopltora, such as X.'palliduk (Reeve, 1842), X. neo{ehnica Suter, 1908; and X. cotrugata(Reeve, 1842) do not exceed90 mm in shell fiameter. Only two extant OF PIATE 2 Figs v I-4 Xenophoradauolii n. sp. 1) Holog/pe, Museo di Storia Naturde dell'Accademiadei Fisiocritici di Siena.l Berardenga); 2) G. Manginelli collection. Middle Plioceneof L" Q,t.rce (CastelnuovoBerarde 3) V. Spadini collecdon. Middle PlioceneofTerre Rosse(CastelnuovoBerardenga 4) F. Plzzolarocollection. Middle Plioceneof La Querce (CastelnuovoBerardeng: G. MANGANELLI,V SPADINI,S. CIANFANELLI,XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITE PT.2 422 G, MANGANELLI, V,SPADINI, S, CIANFANELLI species,Stellaria gigantea Schepmann, 1909, and StellarialongleyiBirtsch, 1931, havelargershells,but arevery diffLt.ttt from that of X. dauoli/n. sp. (for .f. gigantea, seeGoud & lironenberg,1988-89,Figs35, 46; Kreipl 6. Alf,, 1999, Pl. 20; for S. h"gkyi, .see Goud & Kronenberg,l98S-89,Figs35,.43;Kreipl & Al[ 1999, Pl. 28). The coarseopisthoclinerugaeare vaguelyreminiscentof those of X. granuloy Ponder, (Newton, 1905) and X. tenuis l9i3 ,'X. mekronensis Fulton, 1838 (for X. granulosasee Goud 6( Kronenberg,1988-89, FiEt I , 27; Kreipl 6( Alf, 1999, Pl. 7; for X. mekrinensis,see Kreipl 6( Alf, 1999,Pl. 10; for X. tenuisseeGoud & Kronenberg, 1938-89,Figs l, 26; Kreipl S( Alf, 1999,Pl.-17). X. dauolil fr. sp. is easilydistinguishedfrom the such species other congenericMedit.tt"t.an PliJ.cgng asX. crispZ(Konig, 1825),X. infundibulum (Brocchi, 1824) ^nd X. pli6italica (SaccoltS96). It is distinct from X cris\abv its largersize,absenceof umbilicus' differett *horl profile a'-ndsculpture (X. crispais small with dorsal t.nlpt.tt. consisti"-gof fine *iry meandering subspiral,sometimesoplsthocline,riblets and umbilicussmallor slit-like;pl. t , fist I - l0). It is also distinct from X infundibulum and X, plioitalica by its gradateshell, con-rre*whorls, dorsal surfacesmooth irifi very irregularand prominentrugae'which in the last whorls, .ip..ially io*ard the pJtipneA, take an opisthoclinedirection, its capacityto agglutinatevery lirge bodiesand the curvedbasalmargin of its peristome (X infundibulumhasflat whorls, minor agglutination capiciry,dorsalsculptureconsistitg of evident opisthocline iibl.tt, aperture very large-and inner basalmargin of peristomestraight;Pl. i, .figt l-4; Pl. 6, figr I-"3;X. )tloltolica has fl"t or slightly convex whoils, dorsalstulpture consistitg of wary vermiculate opisthocline,"p.tt,rre smallaild auriculate;Pl. 7, figr l-3). Moreovir, X. dauolii is distinct from X. from the Belgian Pliocene by large size, sc-aldensis absenceof umbilicus,wKorl profile and iculplu re (X. is of medium size,with dorsalsculptureconscaldenszi "irregular plicae" and umbilicus small; sisting of 1997,ip. fi-ll, Pl. l, fig.7). Marq-'uet, X. dauoliimai alreadyhavebeeniePortedfrom the Italian Pliocene by Sacco (1896) as Xenophora on the basis oF one deshayesi(Michelotii, 1847) 'Astigiana", Piedmont incomplete shell from the has a gradate Basin.tnit shell (Pl. 4, fig. 6) is lirge, -bodies, [ike X. i.ry large shape and agglutinates -ft ptopotiionally attached more has but daiolii, gr objectsand its dorsalsurfht. freeof ittached objec.ts their scarsdoes not seemsmooth. Unfortunately,it lacks the last whorl (where the rugae become more evident and prominent) and the aperture,so that a There is anothdefinitivedetirminationis impossible. (Della Campana, er repoft of PlioceneX. deshayesi 1890),but it hasbeenimpossibleto check. is a speciesfrequently recordedfrom X. deshayesi the Europ6^n Tertiary (Horn^es,t6S6; Michelotti, 1881; Koenen,I 882; 1861; Loiard, 1877;Seguenza, Parona,1887; Della Campana,1890; Sacco,1896; GignouX, l9l3; Cossmann 6. Peyrot, 1919; FriEdb€rg,1923; Kautsky, 1925; Venzo, 1935; Sorsenfr;, 1940, 1958; Beets,1946; Sieber,1947, 1951; Glibert, 1949, 1952, 1963; Ertinal-Erentoz, 1958; Kojumdgieva& Strachimirov,1950; Holzl, 1962; Anders6n, I 965; Janssen, 1972, 1984; Nordsieck, 1972; Baldi, 1973; Baluk Sc Radwarlski, 1977; Ponder,1983; Zhu Min-Da, 1984; Baluk, 1995; Lozouet et dl., 2001; tVienrich, 200I; Harzhauseret dl,, 2003). Its status is nevertheless uncertain and its relationshipsto other Miocene nominal species,such asX. birdigalensis(Grateloup, 2), arenot at 1847) an[ X. grateloupi(D'Orbigny, 185 "e all clear.Sacco(1896, p. 2l) claimed una specie che passa gradualissimamentesia alle forme .o..triche, toifota, cumulans,Benettiae,siaalle viventi no.chiformii,pallidula, ecc. tanto che dopo ayeT non iolo le figure,ma numerosiesemplari esamlnato, di ogni piano e di molte localit).,un vero carattere nett; distintivodi questaspecienon sapreiindicarlo". Although someauthors(Sacco,1896; Cossmann 6(rPeyrot,"I9l9; Zhu Min-Da, 1984) have studied toporypicalmaterial,the lectotypeor the neoryPehas redescripThe only exhaustive rerr.t'beendesignated. (18 59), Hornes of those are X. delhayesi of tions Cossmann 6{ Peyrot ( 1919) and Zhu Min-Da are of X burdigalensis ( 1984).The only redescriptions thoseof Cossmann& Peyrot(1919),Jansien(1984) (1984) and Zhu Min-Da (1984),but that of Janssen may be basedon misidentified material.The onlr is that of Cossmann6{ redescriptionof X. gratelguPi -revision of these taxa is Peyrot i t g I 9). Although paper, it usefulto we thought this of beyondthe aim dehtre them to discusstheir relatiottJhiptwith the Pliocenespecies. Statusa/ Phorus deshayesiMichelotti, 1847, and allied Mioiene species Michelotti (1847, PP. 173"P as [horus]. _testa 174) described-Phorusdeshayesi conici, corporavariaagglutinante;anfractibusplanis, superner.tgit laxe ."ttlillati; basi sulcisradiantibus obiiquis inJtructi; umbilico tecto; margine_simplici" -de "La colline de Turin, les environs Bordeaux, from la Touraineet la Polosne".According to Michelotti benet(1847) somematerials"'misidentified ai Trochus Pl. 6, figt 3a-3b; tiae by Brongniart (1823, -p. 56,"la "Loignan moniagne de prEs Bordeaux" and Supergue prbs Turin"), Pusch ( l8 37, p. I 10; "Lond6nthon, xr der Supergabei Turin und bei "faluns de Bord,eaui')and Dujarditr ( 1937, p. 284; Manthelan")matchedto his species. Grateloup - ( 1840, but actually 1847, caption of toques Pl. 1, fig. 1) introduced TrochuscoyclUliofor a shell from Saubrigues' phoiusvar. burdigalensis " listing as synonyms: Troc. Benettiae.Sow. Miner. ConJh.t. 9'8.f. i. 2. de Bast.Foss.n.o 1. Al. Brogn. Vic. pl. 6. f. 3. Grat. Thbl. 189. Grat. Cat. zool.n.o "l l8l Thesefive entriesincludethe originaldescrip- 423 XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE Teb. 4 - Nominal ta:<aof the species group introduced for Neogene xenophorids. The lis ( 1983) and includes alf .urr.rr"rly lino*n vdid and invaliJ nominal'taxa established duced by Sacco (1896) as varieties, have controversial nomenclatural status. In facr as such are not available (ICZN, 1999: Art. 45.6.4). Their infrasubspecific status til€ often coexist temporallv and seosraphicallv with other forms intluding the : "Pi "Piacenziano X. crispa var. depressiir. ed futiario: (cdl tipo,"mi"lq,t"nto'rara)", "...-Piacenziano: quente)"; X. testigeravar. ektiuicula: Colla'forma tipica (poco I dnderArt. 45.6.4.1, i.e. if a subsequent author adopted them as the valid name of rbination, complete reference, rype localiry (as 6riginally given) and some remarki are given Nomind Ty'pe locality taxon and references "France, St-Paul (Landes)" lPhorus)AquensisD'Orbigny, 1852: 41, by Miocene; "Da" ... ) St-Paul, fal. indication (Grateloup,1847,TioquesPl. (D'Orbigny, 1852); 1, figs 3-4, excl.figs I -2 and synonymy). j a u n ., 2 . ' d t . , s u p . " ( G r a t e l o u p , 1 8 4 7 ) . Xenophora aringusDe Gregorio,1885:70. Pliocene; Sicily, "Altavilla". "presso Pliocene; Italy, Verduno in Piemonte". "Zone of Aricia humerosA"; Burma, XenophorabirmanicaNoetling, 1901: 280- Miocen e, Thayetmyo. 28I, Pl. 18, figs 2l-21a. " "Terr. mioc. Thur. PhorusBorsoniSismonda,1847: 50, by indi- Miocene; Italy, "La colline de Tirrin et cation (Michelotti, 1847, 175, Pl. 7, fig. (Sismonda, 1847); Tortone" (Michelotti, 1847). 1). "Dax .. . ) Saubrigues,Fal. var. Burdigalensis Miocene; France, [Trochusconchyliophorus] e material 2. inf."; from othir localiPl. l, fig. l. bl., dt., Grateloup,I 847, Tioques ties is cited by bibliographicd references. "Tortonese". Miocene; Italy, TrochuscolligensMichelotti, 1840: 14. TrocbusBelkrdii Michelotti, I 840: 14. XenophorA commutataFischer,1879: 2ll. Pliocene, ". (Sicilie) "Astdsan ... rypique IAltavilla Remarks A junior objectivesynonymof Trochus var.parisiensisGrateloup, conchyliophorus 1847. Accordingto Cossmann& Peyrot (1919), ajunior synonymof Xenophora burdigalenszi(Grateloup, 1847). A junior synonymof Xenophorarispa (Konig, 1825) (this paper). Accordingto Sacco(1896),a junior syn(Bronn, l83l). onym of Stelkria testigera Accordingto Ponder& Cooper (1983),a Xenophora (Xenophora). Accordingto Ponder& Cooper ( I 983), a Xenophora(Onustus). Xenophora burdigalensis(Grateloup, I 847). Accordingto Sacco(1896),a junior syn(Bronn, l83l). onym of Stellnriatestigera A junior synonymof Xenophorauispa (Konig, 182r. "cum praecedente lTrochus Xenophora mispa (Ktinig, 1825). "in agguitinans Lam.]", i... calcario cerithico et in argilla prope Grignon Galliae, & c." "Asti, Italy Typ. localiry restricted to (Astian, Upper Pliocene)" by Ponder (1983: 45),is definitively fixed by the present neorype designation. Trochus crispusKonig, 182523, PI.5, fig.58. Konig reported it Accordingto Ponder& Cooper ( I 983), a Xenophora (Xenophora). Accordingto Ponder& Cooper (1983),a Miocene ('Argilla del miocene inferiore"); Pantanelli,I 887: 125Xenophoradepressa "Torre Xenophora (Stelkria) species. Italy, della Maina'. 126, Pl. 5, figr 6-7. " A junior synonym of Xenophoracrispa lXenophora) (XTenophoral .) mispa var. depres- Pliocene , PiAcenziano ed Astiano ldel Piemonte e della Liguria]: (col tipo, ma poco (Konig, 1825). sior Sacco,1896: 22, Pl. 2, fig. 24. G*ppy, 1876:529, PI.28, Phorusdelectus fig. 10. Miocene; Dominican Republic, Haiti. frequent€)", Italy. The shell illustrated is from Ceriale. "La colline de Turin, les environs PhorusdeshayuiMichelotti, 1847: 173-174. Miocene, de Bordeaux, la Touraine et la Pologne". If and when the designation of the proposed neotype is ruled by the ICZN, the rype "Colli Torinesi". localiry will begin Xenophora deshayesi(Michelotti, 1847). XenophoraDunkeri Martin, 1879: 7I-72, Pl. Miocen e; Java (Ponder & Cooper, 1983). 12, fig.7. Stelkria chinensisdunheri (Martin, 1879) (seePonder,1983). " Miocen e, Ehteziano: Colli torinesi (non hora].) deshayai van fXenophora) (XTenop elntespirata Sacco,1896: 21, Pl. 2, fig. 21. rara)", Italy. Accordingto Ponder& Coop.f (J 983), a junior synonym of Xenophoradeshayesi (Michelotri, 1847). " lXenophora)(XIenophoral.) crispavar. elatior Pliocene , PiAcenziano ed Astiano ldel Piemonte e della Liguria]: (col tipo, ma Sacco,1896:22, Pl. 2, fig. 23. A junior synonym of Xenophoracrispa (Konig, 1825). dquanto rara)", Italy. The shell illustrated is from the Lower Pliocene of Bordighera. Continued. G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CIANFANELLI 424 Thb. 4 - Continued. lXenophoral (XIenopboral.) testigeravar. elaiiuscukSaccolts96:25, Pl. 3, fig. 2. hora) infundibulum) var. lXenophora (Xenop e*fansiorSacc6,I 896:24. " A junior synonym of Stellariatestigera Miocen e, Elueziano: Colli torinesi, ( B r o n n ,1 8 3 1 ) . Baldissero, S. Raffaele (non rara)", Italy. " Pliocene , Piacenziano ldel Piemonte e della" Liguria] : colla forma tipica (poco frequente) ItJy. Pliocene, [del Piemonte e della Liguria], Italy. A junior synonymof Xenophorainfundibu' lum (Brocchi,l8l4). "Terrains Accordingto Sacco(1896),a iunior synmarinstertiairesdu Midi de la marines, onym of Xenophorainfundibu'lum(Brocchi, France.. . dansles marnessableuses qui forment de petitescollinessur lesrives 1814). de la T€t )r Millir et I Neffiach,ou sur les rivesdu Tech au Boulon et i Banyuls-delsAspre". "Concretionary Member of Xenophoralbmingt Beu, 1977. Xenophora flemingiBey,1977:233-235,figt Lower Miocene, Otahu Formation,betweenCliFclenLime2 , 5 , 7 ,8 , 1 0 ,l 3 - 1 7 . stoneand Calamity Point, south bank'Waiau River,Clifden, Southland",New Zealand. nochusFarinesiDe Serres,1831:73-75. Xenophora dzhcta var. floridana Mansfield, "Harveys Creek, half a mile above A Xenophora speciesvery similar to Miocene, Xenophora criipa (Konig, 182r. abandoned mill, L.ott Counry Fla.", US. figs 5-6. t93o: l2l-122, P1."18, "France, Xmophora grateloupi (D'Orbigny, 1852). Dan, Saubrigues Phorussaneloupi [sic] D'Orbigny, I 852: 7, Miocene, "Da* ... I Saubrigues, bv in?icadon(Grateloup,1847:Thoques (D'Orbigny,1852); Fal.bl.,2.', dt., inf." (Grateloup,1847). Pl. t, fig. 2, excl.figs I ,-3, 4) "Piacenziano: plioitalicum A junior synonymof Xenophora Rio del Molino di (Tluguium) Pliocene, p var. p in liatm . lio [sic] ) lXan horal (Sacco,1896). Chieri (rara)",Italy. presso Galatea graiilior Sacco,-l896:2t-26, Pl. 3, Fig.7. "Vaqueros Accordingtg_Ponder& Cooper (1983), a horizon,LowerMioceneonly? XenophorahawleyLoel 6c Corey, 1932: 269' Abuhdant in wesrernSantaYnez.Mountains Xenophori (Xenophora). 2io, Pl. 63, ffg. 12. in the abovenoted zrlne,SantaBarbara Counry and presentin SanLuis Obispo region (CorrJ de Pi^edra Creek)', California,US. XenophorahelueticaDollfus & Dautzenberg, Miocene;France,falunsde la Touraine "faluns de (Dollfus & Dautzenberg,1886); tdg6: 142,by indication("Trochus. (Dujardin,ig3z). Manthelan" Xenophora Brong."). non Dui. Benneni "Mayer" Kaufiiann, 1872: 504, heluetica is a nomennidu-. Xenophorahoi fid'.4-6. 'Wang, 1984: 350-351,Pl. 4, Ponder6r Cooper ( 1983) considered Xenophoraheluiticaavailablefrom Rutsch 0929); actuallyil ifqyailable sinceDollfus ied an il:'"Tf i?fl,hnil,T f *m,:l;:'" fiCoop.t (1983), a Xenophori(Xenophora). A nominal speciesbasedon very badly PreMiocene;Chiufenerh-shan,KuohsingNantou-hsien,centralThiwan-;uPPer-servedspecimens. hsiang, "p"tt of ShihmemMember of the most ShuilikengFormation (late earlyMiocene). According!qPonder & Cooper (1983),a Xenophori (Onustus). Gabb, 1873: 241. Olnustus).imperforatus Miocene,SanroDomingo, Dominican Republic. TrochusinfundibulumBrocchi, 1814: 352353,Pl. 5, fig. 17. Xenophorainfundibulum (Brocchi,l8l4). Pliocene,"... nel Piacentino,a San Geminiano e a Libiano in Valdera",Italy. "Dax Fal. A not availableseniorobjectivesynonymof ... I Saubrigues, Miocene;France, e from othErlocali- PhorusgrateloupiD'Orbigty, 1852. material inf,"; bL,2. dt., var. italica [sic] conchyliophorusl lTrochus Grateloup,ig4l: TioquesPl. I , fig2. ties is cited by bibliographical references. XenophoraiezleriCox, 1948220-21, Pl. 1, figs I la-l lc. 'W'ang, 19842347-349, Xenophorakantzulina Pl: 3, figr. l-4, Pl. 4, figl 8. Neogene (Upper Miocene or Pliocene, Ponder, 1983); Sabah, Dent Peninsula. Xenophora sokrioidcs jezhri Cox, 1948 (see Ponder,1983) A nominal taxon in need of revision. Miocene; Hanging bridge of Kantzulin, Kuohsine-hsiaie, Nantdu-hsien, central Thiwan; eh"tteH'r'tkeng Member o[ the Shuilikeng Foimatiori(late early Miocene). 'Western "Roe Australi a at Xenophora flindersi ludbroohae Ponder, Plain, Eucla Basin, Xenophora(Xenophora)flindersi ludbrookae 1983. Tower ... Repeater Microwave Hampton l7i, 13d, Figs Pcinder,1983i 27-29, i. Lowei Pleistoceneand possible Upper Pliocene", south'Westein Australii. "Todani, According to Ponder & Cooper (1983)' Osa-cho, Atetsu-gun, Tusurium makiyamaiItoieawa 6c Nishikawa, Miocene, probably-a Xenophora (Stelkiia). Okayama Pref. ... lowermost part oflthe 7-8. igle, M7-t49, Pl. 35,-'figs upp6r member of Bihoku group", Japan. "Mekran Xmophora mehranense (Newton, 1905) (see Beach, offthe Ormara Pliocene, Newton, 1905: 301, Turu.riummehranense Ponder, 1983). Baluchistan", Iran. Headland, Pt. r 7, figs8-lo. Continued. XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE 425 Thb. 4 - Continued. " Accordingto Ponder& Coopel( 1983),a fXenophora)(Tlugurium].) borsonivar.pago- Miocen e, Elueziano:Colli torinesi, Baldissero(non rara)", Italy. The shell illus- junior synonymof Xenopbora(Onustus)bordaeformriSacco,1896:28, Pl. 4, fig. 5. soni(Sismonda,1847). trated is from Colli Torinesi. var. Parisiensis lTrochusconchyliophorus) Grateloup,I 847, ThoquesPl. 1, figr 3-4. Xenophora paulinae Nielsen & De Vries, 2002:75, Figs12-16. "Dax Miocene; France, ... i St-Paul, fal. j a u n ., 2 . ' d t . , s u p . " Accordingto Cossmann& Peyrot,(I 9,19), a junior synonym of Xenophoraburdigalensis (Grateloup,I 847). Miocene; Intertidal platform at Punta Perro, Xenophora?aulinae Nielsen & De Vries, 2002 central Chile; Navidad Formation, Tortonian. A nominal speciesbasedon very badly preXenopbora peroniLocard,1877: 109-110, Pl. Miocene; Corse, Bonifacio. servedspecimens. l , f i g s1 2 - 1 3 . " Pliocene, Pincenziano: Monte Castello pres- Stelkria plioextensa(Sacco,I 896). lXenophora)(Tugurium)plioextensum[sic] so Alessandria (poco frequente)", Italy. S a c c o1, 8 9 6 :2 7 , P L . 4 ,f i g . 3 . lXenophora) (Tugurium)p lioitalicum lsicl Sacco,1896:25, Pl. 3, fig. 6. um [sic] fXenophora) (Tugurium)p ostextens S a c c o1, 8 9 6 :2 6 , P L . 3 ,f i g s8 , 9 , p L . 4 , fig. 1. " Pliocene,, Piacenziano: Albenga (rara)", Italy. Xenophoraplioitalica Sacco,I 896. " Miocen e, Aquitaniano: Colli torinesi, Langhe, Ceva (frequente). Langhiano: Colli torinesi (poco frequente). Elueziana: Colli torinesi, Robella, BarbarescopressoAlba, Cavesana, Langhe, Mon regalese(frequente) . Tortoniano inferiore ?: Stazzano (non raro)", Italy. 'Wang, Xenopborasanyiensis 1984: 349-350, Pliocene;Sanyi, Miaoli-hsien, northern Pl. 4, figr. l-3. Thiwan; Shihiliufen Shale (early Pliocene). "Helvdtien (Bassinde la Loire)", Xenophoradeshayesi scaldemzi Glibert, I958: Miocene, 'Anversien (Sablesd'Anvers)", 24. France and Accordingto Ponder& Cooper ( I 983), a probablejunior synonymof Xenophora (Pantanelli,I 887). (Stellaria)depressa A nominal speciesbased on very badly preserved specimens. Xenophora scaldensis Glibert, 1958 (see Marque r, 1997) . Belgium. XenophorasokriformisTesch, 1920: 73-74, Pl. 133, fig. 2l4a-c. Pliocene;Timor (Ponder & Coop.r, 1983). According to Ponder (1983), a junior synonym of Stellaria solaris (Linnaeus, 1758). Xenophora Boettger1882: 70, Pl. subconica 5, figs l4a-14b. Miocene; Sumatra (Ponder & Cooper, According to Ponder & Cooper (1983), a Xenophora (Xenophora). Xenophora(Xenophora) sueziAbbas, 1977: 127, Pl. 5, fig. 6. Xenophora(Tugurium) tatei Harris, 1897: 254-255,Pl. 7, figs7a-b. "Burdigalian, Miocene, Agrud Member, Agrud", Egypr. "Eocene: Victoria and South Australia . . . from Muddy Creek" (Harris, 1897); "Muddy Creek, Victoria (Balcombian, Miocene)" (Ponder, I 9S3). " Miocene, Elueziano: Colli torinesi (poco Frequente)",Italy. uar. taulXenophora)ffienophora).) testigerA rotunita Sacco,1896: 25, Pl. 3 fig. 3. XenophoraterpstraiDey, 196l: 58-59, Pl. 5, figs9, 10. Phorustestigerus Bronn, l83l : 61. testudinariumBenoist, I 878: Otffirra .) Xlenophora).textilina Dall, 1892: 361. XenophoraTrinacriaFischer,1879: 2ll. I983). Miocene of Quilon, Kerala (lndia). According to Ponder & Cooper (1983), a Xenophora (Xenophora) . Xenophora tatei Harris, 1897 (see Ponder, I 983). Accordingto Ponder& Cooper.(1983),a ,unror synonym of Stelkria testigera(Bronn, l83r). Accordingto Ponder& Cooper( I ?8.3,),1 jto junior synonym of Xenophorasolarioides leri Cox, 1848. Stelhria testigera(Bronn, I 83 I ). "Cq." "Cq. Ba. C. 15". is for "Ba.", "8c", is for Castell'arquato, a slip for "C" "Jiingerer is for Bacedasco, Grobkalk, blau, thonig, in den Apenninen". Following the present neorype designation, the rype localiry becomes: Bacedasco. "Tortonien Miocene, .. . Largileyre, situd A nomen nudum. dans le bourg de Salles",France. "Older Miocene of the Chipola beds", According to Ponder & Cooper (1983), a Florida, US. Xenophora (Xenophora) . Pleistocene; Sicily, Ficarazzi. XenophoraTuricensis Heer, 1862: 34 (fide Miocene, Switzerland. Ponder& Cooper,1983,who tentatively attributedauthorshipto J.R.A.Moussun), Kaufmann,1872: 504. cumukns) var. trAn- Miocene, Loibersdorf (Hornes, I 856), lXenophora(Xenophora) Austria. siensSacco,1896:23, by indication (Hornes,1856,Pl. 44, fig. l3). A junior synonym of Xenophora rispa (Konig, 1825). A nomen nudum. According to Ponder & Cooper (1983), a Xenophora (Xenophora). 426 G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI,S. CIANFANELLI tion (Sowerby, 1815) and four subsequent reports (Brongniart, 1823; Basterot, 1825; Grateloup, 1832, 1838)-of Trochusbenettiae,a British Eocene species regarded as a junior synonym _of Stellaria? schroeteri (Cmelin, 1891) by Ponder & Cooper (1983) D'Orbigny ( 18 52, P. 7) introduced Phorus grateloupi {or'the shell fio- Saubrigues, figured as Trochui conchyliophorus var. italica in Grateloup's Atlas (Grateloup,-1847,toques Pl. l, fig 2). Tlre .ott.tpbndence berween P desiayesi and T conchyliophorui var. burdigalensiswas aPparently suPported by Sismonda (1847), D'Orbigny ( 18 52), Hornes (t S 56), Locard (1877), and Du Boucher ( 18 84-85) who listed fig. I of Ti'oques plate I of " " Grateloup's Atlas as T binettiAe" or T conchyliopho-1 rus" in the synonymy of X. deshayesLSacco ( I 8 96) was convin..d ol their synony-i and first realized prioriry of Grateloup'sname, but he did the apparent -necessary to make any nomenclatural not fh^int it "dop o mezzosecolo che si usa da tutti change because I'appEllativo Deshayesisembra piir opportuno di conservarloche non di sostituirlo con un nome ProPosto come varieti e mai da alcuno accennato". Cossmann & Peyrot ( 1919) revised T conchyliophorusvar. burdigalensisand discussedits relationship io X. deshayesi.TheV first clarified the exact date of publicatiori of Grat'eloup'sAtlas as 1847 not 1840, b..r.me one of them [A.P.] had the proofs of the atlas "Bon I tirer, L7 avril 1847" hand-written by with Grateloup. Consequendy, under these conditions they would not have hesitated to gil e .p.rioriry to Michelotti's name if the rwo specieshad been synonyms. In fact, they regarded T ,conchyliophorusvar. burd,igalensisand P.'desbayesias distinit tixa, identi"les stries concenfied 5y the charactersof ihe base: triques de X. Deshayesi .sont assez rdgulibrement dcaitdes,quoique moins distantes vers le centre, tandis que lei fines stries subobliques de X. burdigalensis sont partout plus serrdes, ponctudes et beaucoup moini profondes; les plis d'alcroissement de I'dchancrure du plafond ddcrivent - chezX. Deshayesi- une courbe bien plus ample et plus creuse,comm€ngant plus t6t vers-le centie, devtnant moins rapidement parallbleau bord pdriphdrique, tandis que les plis de burdigalensisrestent plus long"te-qt,p.tq.."*i:y{ . laires dans leur rayonnement et font I la pdriphdrie . .f 5 5) from Sowerby(1815, Pl. 98); 6) from Brongniart(182: Text-figs5-6 - Trochusbenettiae. 7) T c. v3r. burdigalensisfrom GratelouP ( 1847, Tra Te*t-fifis 7-8 - TrochusconchyQophorus. tl var.burdisatensis, ,,,.,,f1?:i:y{i?!kT:;,ltrI"i}J? it), conchytiophorus rhesheus rl^r.itaiiro ^|rd its junio, o61.J,ivesynonym Pfiorusgratet in t*r-fie. 8 "ii conchyliopho'rui figures-6dified with respeltto the original. rGl". , t " XENOPHORIDS I. ROM M EDITERRANEAN PLIOCENE un arc plus subit pour devenir parallblesau bord festonnd". They ftgured a shell from Ldognan (Cossmann 6{ Peyrot, 1919, Pl. 17, figr 105-106) (Text-fig. 9) to which they referred as the "neorype de "pldsiorype"(p. cette espbce"(p. 258), or as the 261). Accordirg to Cossmann S. Peyrot ( 19 I 9), the shell reported as T benettiaeby Brongniart (1823, 56, Pl. 6, figr 3a-3b) (Text-fig. 6) belonged to this species. On t-h. contrary, rhe s['ell reporr.J by Hornes (l 856, 442, Pl . 44, fig. 12) is actually considered ro belong ro X. deshayesi.Cossmann & Peyrot ( 19 I 9) assigneii very small (25 mm in diameter and 12 mm in height), low-spired shells rc X. deshayesi based on the "Hoernes, fact that dans son Atlas (pl. 44, fig. l2a), a fait reprdsenterun spdcimen presque aussi surbaisse que ceux de Mancient, et il lui attribue la m6me ddnomination Deshayesi".It is evident that they misinterpreted Hcirnes'slegend of plate 44. In fact, fig. l2.a does not repres_ent a low-spired X. deshayesi, but an apertural view of a shell of X. deshayesi, tlren illustrated in basalview as 12.b. \What they considered a low-spired X. deshayesi is fig. 13, i.e. a shell assigned by Hornes to Xenopltora cumulans (Brongnlart, 1823). Cossmann & Peyrot (l9l 9, 265-267) also revised P g!teh.up!; which ,h.y 9oLfirmed as a distinct species,similar rc X. tinacria Fischer, 1879, from the Pliocene of Sicily. They realized that this nominal taxon was first named by Grateloup (1847) as Trochtts concltyliophontsvar. italica, but thought it inappropriate to reintroduce this specific epithet. Finally, they figured a shell of X, grateloupi from Saubrigues (Pl. 13, figr 3-4) (Text-figl l0) to which they re"ferredas "ndorype" (p. 261). Subsequent authors accepted the distinction benveen X. deshayesiand X. burdigalensis(? Mongin, 1952; Ertinal-Erentciz,1958; Glibert, 1963; Janssen, 1984; Zhu Min-Da, 1984; Rocher, 2002), with the exceptionof Baldi (1973) and Baluk (1995) who questioned the validiry of X. burdigalensis,becausethe differencesin basesculpture used-by Cossmann & Peyrot ( I 9l 9) to distinguish this speciesfrom X. deshayesi were "hardly "of relevant" (Baldi, 197?,p.266) and very loy importance, and it may result from individual variabiliry" (Baluk, 1995, p. l'79). Apart from Ponder (l 983), no one seemsto have reported X grateloupi again. Michelotti (1847) indicated th-atthe mat6rial of P "Mus. "Cabin€r", deshayesi was in Soc. Holl." and his the former denoting the Socidtd Hollandaise des SciencesI Haarlem [now Hollandsche Maatschapij 'Wetenschappen der te Haarlem] and the latter h is own collection. Today, the Hollandsche Maatschapij der'Wetenschappente Haarlem no longer has a paleontologic.al .ojf..tion (B. Dortland-Eier, perion"l communrcation). Michelotti's private collection was at the Istituto di Geologia of the Universit) di Roma [now Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra], in part of the,_buildingwhich was damaged by the bom6ing of l gtn J.tly lg++ (Fabiani & Maria, 1953). In vihrt 427 remains of the collection, no material of P deshayesi is present (R. Manni, personal communication). Michelotti's concept of P deshayesi is based on mare"La rials from .olline de firin, les environs de Bordeaux, la Touraine et la Pologne". He certainly "La studied specimensfrom colline de Tirrin", whereas the other materials (Brongniart, 1823; Dujardin, 1837; Pusch, lB37) -"y only have been cited from literature. Cossmann 6r Peyrot (l 9 I 9) consideredthe shell from Loignan figured by Brongniart (1823) ro .un belong ro X. burdigalensisand used calque de la base du rype de Colli Torinesi (in Sacco,Moll . terz. P i e m . 1 8 9 6 , -of p a r t eX X , p . 2 0 , p l . I I , F \ g . 2 0 ) " f o r t h e i r re-definition the species,rirrealing that they (and others, e.g. Glibert, 1963, p. 24) regarded Colli Torinesi as the true rype localiry of Michelotti's species. The shell illustrated by Sacco (1 8 96) (BS.066.01.00l) (Pl. 4, fig. l) has no rype srarus becausethere is no sure evidence that it belonged ro the material studied by Michelotti (1847), bu"r it is the first from Colli Torinesi to be figured and it has been used as reference for interpreting Michelotti's species.It belongsto a subadult specimenand is one oT b.rt preseru.J of the many spicimens from Colli {,."*,-^{ "rr-,..ti**'.* Text-fig. 9 - Xenophoraburdigalensis sensuCossman& Peryrot (1919)from Ldognan(from Cossmann& Peyrot, 1919, Pl. 17, figs 105-106). Magnificationand orientationmodiTiedwith respecrr-orhe original. 428 G, MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S, CIANFANELLI Torinesi. \7e therefore proPoseit be designatedas the before doing this, it of P. d,eshAyesi.'However leorype ls necessaryto defii-titinelyascertainwhether ihe shell figured by Brongniart (i823, Pl ._6,,_figt3a-3b) srill .firtr "td if so, ,"o "pply to the ICZN io set aside its rype ' ^ status. Type material of X. burdigalensisconsists of shells collelied at Saubrigues and figured by GratelogP (1847, Ti"oquesPl.-l , fig. 1) (Tbxt-fig. 7) and the ih.llr illustratedby Sow.iby (1815, Pl. 98, larget figures, from Great iJritain) and Brongniart (1823, Pl. 6, fis. 3a-3b, from Loignan prbs Bor-deaux)(Text-figs 5-n: The figures of thJse shells are very fine, but that of Gratelou[ does not show aperture shape.The shell figured by Brongniart (1823) corresPolds vgrl well' eslpeciallyin aperture shape, to that from Ldgglan iflLstrat.d by Cossmann & Peyrot (1919, Pl. 17, figs 105-106) (Text-fig. 6), to which they referred as the "neotype de cette Espbce"(P.-258) Tvp. materi al of X. graieloupi consists of material by GratelouP colletied at Saubrig.t.I and ftgured (1847, Ti'oques Fl. I , fig. 2) (Text-fig. S). Unfortunately, this shell is illustrated in a wly that obscures"peiture shape.A fine shell from Saubrigles & Peyrot (1919, Pl. 13,|gt is figured by Cossm_ann 3-4f (Text-fig. 10), but it seemsto have a lower spire than that illustrated by Grateloup. Again, Cossmann & Peyrot (1919) referred to this specimen as the "neorype de cette espbce"(P. 258). V. do not know whether rhe synrypes of X. burdigalensis and X. grateloupi still exist. Once their loss is?efinitively "scJttained, we proPosedesign"ilg the shell illustrated by Cossmann & Peyrol (1 919).in figs 105-106 of plate'17 as the neorype of X. burdigale7szsand that lllustrated in figt 3-4 of plate 13 as the neorype of X. gratelouPi.- In fact, Cossmann 6. "ConchoTogie ndogdnique de I Aquitaine" is a P.yrot's -il.rtone of Eurofean NEogene molluscan p{qontology. It has al*ays been witely consulted atid their t..'ifibn of the Miocene xenophorids has been a basis for subsequent understandi"g of these nominal taxa. Consequendy, when a neoryPe-becomes necessztft one should consider choosing it from their collections or at least in line with their species co!c€Pt. Cossmann & Peyrot ( 1919) referredto some of these "neotypes", though not in the sense specimens as Nomenclature. of Code the by rbquired 'Only dLsignation of the ryPesJan oPe" tb.-yay to ^ modern ievision of the European Miocene xenophorids enabling clarifications of th. status of the nominal taxa deslribed till now, the status of the many different forms usually assigned to X.. deshayest^ and tn. geographic and stritigt"ihi. distribution of ngI0 (r;rri' rext"? ":il:T h3:::n:1 i:"#{:!::(:"i'# andorienta1919,Pl. 13,figs-3-4).Masnification to the tion of somefifuresmodifiedwith resPect original. the valid species.Many 9f the &t-Tt.assigned to X. deshayesidiffer remarkably in shell shape and size, sculpiure an4 aperture shape and size. For .IlTPlg' from Colli Torinesi (Pl. 4, specrmensof X. d.eshayesi fier l-3) and those from Vienna Basin (Pl. 4, fig. 6; r.". also Hornes, 1856, Pl. 44, fig. lz.b) have a different structure of the peristomal Sasalmargin. In the Pliocene specimens,suth differencesare constant and distinguish different species. Conclusiue remarks on Xenophora davolii n. sp. For the present, accePtitg - these three nominal species: X. burdigaleisis, X. d'eshayesi, and X. irattloupi, in the ab6rresense,X. dauolii n. sP. is again listincf fro- them by larger size, smooth dorsal sur- EXPLANATION OF PLATE3 dalolii n. sp. from the Middle Plioceneof TerreRosse (Castelnuovo Berardenga) (FiS. l, G. Manganelli collection; Figs v l-3 Xenophora_ Figs'2-3,V. Spadinicollection). G. MAA.GAAIELI,I, V(SPADIIVI,S. CIAIVFATVELI],XE,NOPHORIDS FROM ME,DITE, G, MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CIANFANELLI 430 face with very irregular and prominent rqgae and its DroDortionally larger aperture (at leastwith respectto 'X. deshayesiind X. bLrdigalensis), horyever itJ relationship-to the others remiins obscure. It may be one of the l"tt offshoots, together with X. infundibulum deshayesigroup of forms and X. plioitalica, of thjX "rather sensuPonder (1983), a group chaiacreiizedby large, evenly conical ihelli, with narrow., simple p.iipheral flanges and, in most but not all species, ieduced areasoT agglutination" and includitg several speciesfrom the Eocene to the Pliocene (X. wemmelensisGlibert, 1938, X. PetroPhoraKoenen, 1892, X. X. burdigalensis, X.-groteloupi, X. infundibud.eshayesi, lum, and X. plioitalica). XENopHoRA INFUNDIBULUM(Brocchi, I 8 14) Pl. 5, figsl-4, Pl. 6, figt l-3 I8l4 Trochusinfundibulum BnoccHI, pp. 352-353,Pl. 5, fig- 17; Reprinr .if t 843, pp. 132-133,P[. 5, fig. 17. Typt material- A syltype from San Geminiano [sic]-isin the Brocchicollectionat the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, no. 4929 (seeRossi Roncheffi,1955: 159-161,Fig. 81; Pinna & Spezia, 1978:160,PI.40, fig. 1). RossiRonchetti(1955)and Pinna 6( Spezia(1178) attributed to this specimen the statusoTa holorype,but this is mistaken.In fact, Brocchi ( I 814) basedhis descriptionmore than one three dilferent localities)and specimen(at leastfrom"rypr". any not designate fid Typt localiry- Brocchi ( 18 14) cited three localities:?iacentino, SanGeminiano [sic] and Libiano. Diagnosis- A speciesof Xenophgra(t.1.)-charactersize(i), robusttrochiform shell(?), with izedby"large narro% sli[htly wag sharplykegledperipheralfl.ange (3); spire*itlr 7-9 flat or very slighdyconvexwhorls (4); 90o/oof spire surfacefree of-attachedobjectsor their scars(5)l with fine closevermiculateopisthocline riblets intersectedby Prosoclinegrowth lines (6); attachedobjects(mainli bi't"lve she-llsand fragments thereof) alwaysvery small or small excePtin lastquarterof lastwhorl (7); scarsof attachedobjects trt,t"ily deep(8); basefunnel-shaped(9); basalsculp- EXPLANAIION ture consistingof collabralgrowth lines,weak o1vfY weak spiral lines and somEtimesvery thin opisthocline riblets (10); basalmargin of peristomestraight and thickened up to periphetY, then absent and replacedby peripheralf["ttgi; where basalmargin of peristomeattachesto perip[eral flange,there is often ^" (12). ron of sinulus(l l);l-biticus abse-nt Descrintion- Shell (Pl. 5, figs l-4, Pl- 6, figs l-3) dextral,l,ery largein size,robusl and trochiform with pointed apex ind narrow slightly yary, sharply keeled peripheral flange; spire conical (spire algle about 8b'; i"rg.r 70":85o)^withabofi 7-9 regulaily srowing whorli; last whorl large,dilated only in final 6,r"tt.i(shell outline oval or diop-like in dorsalview: Pl. 5, fig. l, ll.-6, figs l-3)i ttiwhorls alwayse.roded; lastivhorls flat oivery slightly convex'sometimes last two whorls very slightli concave before lower suture or periphery; suttires'shallow;about 90o/oof spire surfate ft.. of attachedobjects or their scars, *itn fine closevermiculateopisthoclineribletsintersectedby prosoclinegrow*t lines; attaclredobjects alwaysy;ty small,.4.."pt in last quarte.rof lastwhorl, consrsungmainly (about 90o/o)oTsmall bivalveshells and smafffraemints of bivalveshells,and secondarily (about l}o/of of balanid cirriped plates, small fragments of gastropodshells,tubesof s.tpulid anneliils and smalllebbles; foreign objects -sizealwaysattph.e{ by of attachedobjects convexsurface;numbei and in first whorls so that whorls, all on constant rather they are closerand thereis propoglonally lesssurface free; larsestobiectsconsistine^offragmentsof shells attached and *h6le shel'lsof bivalvesind gast-ropods (large-st is a found quarter obibct whorl last of in last Natica ihefl 18 mm in diameter)(for other detailson attachedobiectsseeThb. 5); scarsof attachedobjects usually deep; base funnel-shapedwith collabral growth lines more marked near aperture'sometimes ileak spiral lines and very weak opisthocline riblets crossingof spiral nearpe'riphery (in somespecimens, linesind-opisthoclineribl-etsgivesbaseedgea microgranul"t "p'pearance); aperturevery largea-ttdoblique margin is behind by about basal innermost b..",rt. half a whorl; peristomeinterlupted with uPPeran4 lower vertices-unitedbv thick porcellanousparietd callus; columellar margin of piristome covered by OF PLATE 4 (Micheloffi, 1847) from Colli Torinesi (Bellardi-Saccocollt Figs l-3 - pnophora dcshayesi Tirrin, Italy: figuredby Sacco(1896: Y\.2, fig..20)and hereinproposed 1) BS.066'.01.001, srrong spiral groovesin Saccir'sfigttte are a photographicartefact; .004; 2) 85-.066.001 Figs - 4-j Fie. a 6 3) BS.o66.ol.oo9. f*o xenophorid-shellsfrom Gainfahren (Austria)..NaturhistorischesMuseum sitesare usuallyassigned orher Paratethydean I Aie I lf,e. Sn.Ur from this and"fu,igiana" (Beilardi-Saccocollecdon, Mirseo Tile shell from the Plioceneof 85.066.01.001)assignedby Sacco(18:96)to X. deshayui(Michelotti, 1847). G, MATVGAIVELLI,V SPADIIVI,S, CIAIVFAIVELLI,XENOPHORIDS FROM ME,DITE, Pl. 4 432 G. MANGANELLI, V,SPADINI, S, CANFANELLI parietalcallus;inner basalmargin straight,radialand thickenedup to periphery;outer basalmargin usually absentand replacedby wa{, knobbed (due to large objects attachedon dorsal surface)lower surfaceof peripheralflange (only exceptionallythere is a thin outer basalmargin); externalmargin thin and sharp; where inner basal margin peristome attaches to peripheral flange there Ir oft.n a sort of sinulus; l-Eiticus abserit(alsoi. juvenileshells). Dimensions Diameter: 66-116 mm; height: 5I-84 mm; spire angle: 70"-85" (fot more detlils, seeThb. 5). Dimensionsof other Pliocenespecimens: D: 54.0-115.0 IDIn, H: 30.0-65.0 mm (Sacco, 1896); D: 50.0-120.0 mm, H: 30.0-70.0 mm (Caprotti, 1967);D: 50.4-120.0trln, H: 30.0-70.0 mm (Malatesta,1974); D: 65.0-136.0 lrrlrr, H: 46.0-83.0 mm (Zhu Min-Da, 1984). Material - SienaBasin: 48 shellsfrom Barca ( I , GMC; 3, VSC), Guistrigona(1, GMC; 15, VSC) and TerreRosse(28, VSC). In addition to Sienesematerialwe studied material from the Plioceneof Colli Astesi,Piedmont (5, MRSN BS.066.01.012and BS.066.01.013)and Lucenadel Puerto,Huelva (1, MMAS). X. Geographicand stratigraphic distribution infundlbulum had a widE distriburion around the Mediterranean in the Miocene and Pliocere, although the Miocene records,often based,or !:^gmentary specimens,requirerevisionas for identification and stratigraphicsefting.The specieshas been "Helvdtien" "Pontildvien" of reported from the or France(Salles;Cossmann6( Peyrot, l9l9; Glibert, "Tortonian" 1963), the of Portugal(Cacella;Dollfus et al., 1903, Cossmann6( Peyrot, 1919) and Italy (Benestare,Casa Nova di Calisese,Modenese, Seguenza,l88l; Sacco,1896; Caprotti,_ Srazzema; "sahdli;n" of 1970; Ruggie-ri6c Davoli, 1984), the Tunisia (SiIhepinsky,1938) and Morocco (Dar-belHamri; Gentil, l9l9; Chavan, 1940; Lecointre, "Miocene" 1952; Glibert, 1963), the of Sardinia (Cagliari;ComaschiCaria, 1959)and the Plioceneof Spain (Estepona,Huelva, Malaga, Millas; Andrds, 1980; Zhu Min-Da, 1984; Castafioet /t1., 1988; GonzalesDelgado,1988;Santoset a1.,2003;Landau (Bir Touta, Oued Nador, Sidiet A1.,2004),"A,lgeria Moussa; De Lamothe 6c Dautzenberg, I 907; Cossmann, 1916), France (la Thinitd; Risso, 1826), Italy (Piedmont, Liguria, Emilia Romagtrx,Tuscany, Umbria; Brocchi, l8l4; Seguenza,1877; Sacco, 1896, 1904; Ruggieri, 1962; Glibert, 1963; Palla, 1967;Caprotti, 1967, 1970, 1974;Malatesta,1974; Pavia,1976;Montefameglioet dL.,1980;Giannelli et dl., l98l; Chirli, 1988; Cavdlo 6c Repetto, 1992; Andreoli & Marsisli, 1996;Vera-Peliezet al., 1996; Forli et dl., 2003), Syria and Lebanon (Haffii, Mandjila, Amerko, Nahr Snobar, Cheikh I(halil, Quemine, Kherbet el Katrid, Tannechmaniyb; Roman, 1940; Zhu Min-Da, 1984). Malatesta (1974) reportedit from the Plioceneof Sicily,probably by error (asfar aswe know, the specieshas never beenfound from the Sicilian Pliocene). X. infandibulum is the most common and widespreadienophorid speciesin the Lower and Middle Plioceneof ihe Sieni Basinwhere it was first reporred by De Stefaniand Pantanelli( 1873) and recendy by Forli et al. (2003). It has also been found in the Plioceneof the Val di Chiana (Cittl dellaPieve;Verri, 1886) and Radicofani Basins (Poggio Rotondo; Malatesta,1974). Remarks- Despiteits abundanceand diffirsion in the Italian Pliocene,descriptionsand illustrationsof X. infundibulum are limited (.f. Sacco,1896, -Rossi p. 23, Pl. i, fig. 26; Sacco, 1904, Pl. 26, fig. 9; Ronchetti,1955,pp. 159-161,Fig. 8 I ; Palla,1967, pp. 956-957, Pl. 7l, figt 9a-9b;Caprotti, 1967, pp. 189-190; Caprotti, 1970, Pl. 7 , fig. 5; Malatesta, 1974,p.21 5;Pl. 16, figs8a-8b;ZhuMin-Da, 1984, pp. 22:23, Pl. 3, fig. 1; earralloScR.perro, 1992,Fig. 109;Andreoli & Marsigli, 1996,Pl. l, figs4-6). This is perhapsdue to the fict that the speciei,one of the largestgqr,rqpodsof the Mediterr"h."n Pliocene,is easyto iden:'ify and completespecimensare rare. The Siena Basin material consistsof very fine specimens(Pl. 5, figs l-4, Pl. 6, figr l-3) that enabled detailed study whiJh revealedthai some of the more peculiarcharactersof this speciesare new: last whorl dilated in final quarter;orrafor drop-like shelloutline in dorsalview; largeobjectsattachedto terminal portion of last whorl inner basalmargin of peristome straight and radial as far as peripliery; ont.r basal -arfitt of peristome absent and repliced by lower r,trfi.. of peripheral flange; frequent presenceof a peristome sort of sinulus where basal mlrgin "ovalof ^drop-like or attachesto peripherd flange. The shell outline in dorsalview is evidentin the shell figured by Cavallo 6c Repetto (1992, Fig. 109), large objects(or their scars)attachedto the terminal portion of the last whorl are evident in the shellsfigured bv Pall" ( 1967,Pl.7l, fig. 9b), Caprotti (1970,-P1.7, fis. 5), Chirli (1988, PL 2, fig. 3) and Cavallo 6c REpetto(1992, Fig. 109) and the sinulusis alsoevident in a specimen from Colli Astesi EXPIANATION OF PIATE 5 (Castelnuovo Berardenga). V. SpadinicolFigs l-4 - {englhora infundibulum (Brocchi, 1814)from theMiddlePliocene of TerreRosse lecuon. XENOPHORIDS FROM ME,DITE, G. MAIVGAIVELLI, V. SPADIIVI,S. CIAIVFATVELLI, Pt.5 G. IUI'ANGANELLI,V SPADINI, S, CANFANELLI 434 Attached objects Localides Diameter (mm) Height (mm) Anele (degiees) number of attached objects in last whorl number of attached objects in penultimate whorl number of attached objectsin andpenulti-mate whorl Barca n:4 88- 112 n:3 60-82 n:3 78-80 n:2 7-15 n:2 6-8 n:2 12-15 n:2 Shellsand frasments of shellsof bivalves (Acaithocardia, ? DiphdontA, ?Arca, Chameha gailina, ? EnsislPhaxas,Gari, Gkns interrnedia, ? Pandnra, Timoclzaoaata and others unidentified), platesof cirripeds and small pebbles. 64x8 Shellsand frasments of shellsof bivdves (Acaithocardia, Chamehasallina, Chkmys, Ckusinelli, Corbuk sibba, Dosinia, Gari, Gknslnturrnedia, Glycymeris,Nucuk pkcentina, Nuiukna pelk, Osirea, Timoclea oaataand bthers unidentified), fragmentsof shellsof gastropods (Sniorcrebram and others unidentified), platesof cirripeds and smdl pebtiles. Shellsand frasments of shellsof bivdves (Acaithocardia, ? Amusium cristatiltlt, Anadara diluuii, ? Diplodonta, Chameltarillina, Chlamys, Corbula g;bba, Dosinia, Ghns intermef,ia, Glyc'ymeris,Nucuk pkcentina, Nicithna commutntA, 'Ostrea, Paphia, Pecten,Tbllina, Timocha iaata and others unidentified), shellsand fr^gments of shellsof gastropo& (Nassarius,Nati ca)i fragrirents of shellsof scaphopods (DentaliamJ,platesof cirripeds, tubes of serpulid annelids (Ditrupa) eid small pebbles. Guistrigona n: 16 Terre Rosse n:28 (67- rr2) n: 13 (5r - 76) n: 13 77.8x 2.4 (75- 80) n: 13 10.9t 2.2 (7 - 13) n:9 12.7x 3.7 (8- le) n:9 14.2t 2.9 ( 1 1- 1 9 ) n:9 93x14 (66- n6) n:23 98t10 (5r - 84) n:23 77.5x 3.4 (70- 85) n:21 8 . 5t 3 . 1 (l - 16) n:22 8.4* 3.9 (r - 17) 13.2x 3.2 (7- ts) n:22 n: 18 89t13 Thb. 5 - Shell parametersof Xenophorainfundibulum (Brocchi, l8 14). (BS.066.01. 012102). Specimensfrom the Upper Miocene of Salles (France) (Cossmann 6( Peyrot, 1919, Pl. 13, fig. l) and Cacella(Portugal)(Dollfus et AI., 1903,PL.32,fig. 1) and the Plioceie of Huelva (GonzalesDelgado,1988, Pl. 3, fig. 3; Santoset Al., 2003,PL.2, figs l-2,5) and Estepona(Landauet Al., 2004, Pl. 19: fig. 2b) differ from those from the Itdian Pliocene5y the absenceof the sinulus;moreover thosefrom Upper Miocene of Sallesand Cacella E)(PIANATION Figs I-3 - {engphora infandibulum lecuon. alsodiffer by havitg an evident thin outer basalmar"Ndogbne de Karaman,d'un gin. Specimensfrom the by niveau plut6t Helvdtien", assignedto X deshayesi Eriinal-Erentoz(1958, Pl. 3, figt 24-24a) are indistinguishablefrom the Upper Miocene forms of X. infandibulum such asthosefrom Salles(Cossmann& Peyrot,1919,Pl. 13, fig. l). Sacco(1896, p. 24) claimedthat specimensfrom "Astigiana" have a wider shell with a lessstreamthe OF PIATE 6 (Brocchi, l8l4) from the Middle PlioceneofTerre Ros XENOPHORIDS FROM MEDITE G, MATVGAIVELLI,V SPADIIV, S, CIAIVFATVELLI, P l .6 436 G, MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S, CIANFANELLI lined spirethan that figuredby Brocchi ( 1S14, Pl. 5, fig. 17) and those froilr Tirsciny examined by him. H? thereforesussestedit be assignedto a distinct This form was variery:X. infuntibulumv?r. expan"sior. "Helvdtien" or subsequentlyreported from- the "Pontildvient' of Salles(Cossmann6{ Peyrot, l9l9; Glibert, 1963).The spire angle in the Tuscanspecimens examined ransdsfrorn- 70" to 85" and shells collection from Colli futesi kep"tin the Bellardi-Sacco (BS.066.01 .013101,02) .012101,02, 03, 85.066.01 havesimilar angles. X. infundibiltu* is one of the most characterized xenophtirids.The flat whorls, vev large aperture, straieht and radial inner basal peristoire ind the absetceof outer basal^peristomedistineuishit from species.X. deihayesisensu all other xenophorid ^Pl. 44, ftg. l2.b) has ap6rtureand Hcirnes(1856, peristome reminiscent of.-X. infundibulum, but the aperturels smallerand a thin outer basalperistomeis pr.r.trt (see also Pl. 4, fig. 5). Other materials (Pl. 4, fig. 4; Kautslcy,1925, issigned to X deshayesi Pl. 6, fis. 9; Gliberi, 1949, Pl. 12, fig. 20) or to x. (fansser,1984,Pl. 53, fi{,5) haverather burd.igalensis flat wJrorlsand tracesof opisthoclineiiblets but differ by rather large bodies attached to the sutures.X. grnuloupi r.ti,r Cossmann6( Peyrot (1919, Pl. 13, Egr 3-4) (Text-fig. l0) hasflat whorl shape,a modest and a aitount of attachtd obiects,opisthocline-riblets larse aperture like X.' infundibulum, but the inner margin seemsslig6tly concaveand the outer bas"'al basalmarein is evident,though thin. Pondei (1983) listed X." infundibulum and X. flemingi Beu, 1977, from ihe New Zealand Lower-Middle Miocene,in an informal, morpholog"species ic group includine [ofl medium to largesize, wiih medium td tafl spire, straight whorl o-utline, rather narrow peripheial flange-with only small objectsattached,ttoh-nmbilicatE".These speciesare noi at all related:X. flemingiis similar to X. infondibulum in whorl shapeand sJulpturebut it is completely different in aperture and peristome (for X. fb*ingi, , i g s2 , 5 , 7 , 8 , 1 0 , 1 3 s e eB e u ,1 9 7 7 ,p p . 2 3 3 - 2 3 5F 17).In fact, Ponder(1983) regaidedX. infundibulum asa speciesof the X deshayesilroupo{ forms, Cbssmann& Peyrot(1919) regaidedX i"f"ndibuX. X. Turdisalensis and zt. X. ourdtgaEnsts ano n A. Detween intermediati intermediate betwee between as lntermedlate lum lumI as "sa baseplr,rsiqfr+di6uliforme".and due to deshayesi "les itries d'accroissemeni du plafond qui sont bien longtemps rectilignes, plus subitement arqudesvers la pdriphdr'ie", but tritr r.int from these two species and "sa base all Eocene and Olieocene forms due to creusde". X. gratelnipi sensu Cossmann 6c Peyrot (1919) is the frott simitar speciesto X. infundiQulum, indeed so similar that differences warrant further study. X. {rAtehupi sensu Cossmann 6c Peyrot (1919) and'X. inTundibitum may have descended from forms with rather flat whorls' and ffaces of opisthocline riblets, usually assigned to X. deshayesi. I 896 XENop"o*ni:t;tffiIcArSacco, 1896 lXenophoral(Tugurium) plioitalicum Stcco, p. 25, Pl. 3, fig.6. Tvpematerial- Only the holorype(85.066.02.002) coliectionat the Museo whicli is in the Bellardi-Sacco Regionaledi ScienzeNaturali of Tirrin (Pl. 6, fig. l). Th; holorypehasalsobeenfiguredby FerreroMortara et Al. (1984,PL.43, figr 2a-2$. " Piacenziano:Albenga" Liguria, Tvpe localin Italyl'Accordirig to Ferrero Mortara et-Al. ( t-g84): Lower Pliocene. 1896 lXenophora) (\uguriuml.) SRcco, pp. 25-26, Pl. 3, Fii.7. plioitalicum var. gracilior specimen The original Material (85.066.02.003) is in the Bellardilsaccocolftction at the Museo Regionaledi ScienzeNaturali ofTurin. Locality-"PiAcenziano:Rio del Molino di Galatea presso Chieri (rara)", Italy. Accorditg to Ferrero Mortara et Al. (1984): Lower Pliocene. Diawtosis- A speciesof XenoDhoracharacterized by larg8size(l), ,obtrmtrochiforni shell (2), with narrow, ilreeular, rouehlv round (whereattachedobiects absent)i.tipheral-flange (3); spirewith 6-7 (?)flit or slighdy tonrrex whorls-(4); most of spire surfacefree of"attachedobjectsor their scars(5)iwith wary vermiculate opisthocline riblets (6); attached objects (mainly.bir'.4yeand gasffopodshells)small to medium rn srze(7); scarsof attiched objectsusuallydeep (S); baseslightly concave(9); basalsculptureconsistine of venifaiirt collabral growth lines, many very tni"tt spiral lines and .'rr..v"thin wa\ry opistlroclin-e riblets (t O); apertureauriculatewith basalmargin of peristomeJ-shaped (l l); umbilicus small and partially coveredblcolumellar margin (12). EXPTANATION OF PTATE 7 Fiss v l-4 Xenophoraplioitalica Sacco,1896. l) Holo*p.r Bellardi-Saccocollection,Museo Regionaledi ScienzeNaturdi, f Albenga; 2-3) Quarantelli collecdon, Museo del Mare Antico, Salsomaggiore,Italy. Upp, 4) G. M"ttg*elli collection. Two fragments(umbilicus and o,it".t basal-argin . Lower Plioceneof Monsindoli (Siena). G. MATVGATVELLI,V SPADIIV, S. CIAIVFAIVELLI,XENOPHORIDS FROM ME,DITE, P l .7 438 V.SPADINI, S, CUNFANELLI G. A,T/4NGANELLI, Description- Shell (Pl. 7 , figs 1-3) dextral, largein size,robust, trochiform, with pointed apex and-narroughly scallopedand round (where row irregular, -ob;ects abient) peripheralflange;spireconiattached cal (spireangleabout 85oto 100")with about 6-7 (?) resulirly er6wine whorls; last whorl large, but not diLted;'lait whofls flat or very slightly jorrrex with warty and wrinkled appearance;sutures shallow; -ori of spiresurfacefreibf "ttached obiectsor their scars,with numerouswavy vermiculate-opisthocline ribletsintersectedby faint or more evidenfprosocline growth lines; opisthocline riblets very small in first i'horls; attached objects small to rnedium in size, consistingof shellsand fragmentsof bivalve(Nucuk and otheis unidentified)antr gastropodshells,naticid gastropodopercula (Natica),-foraminifersand smdl [ebbl6s; attiched objectssmall, numerous and very Llor. to eachother in the first whorls; largerand *.ll spacedin the lastwhorls (12 in the penultlmatewhorl ahd 11 in the last whorl of th-e holorype of T plioitalicum); scarsof attachedobjectsusuallymoderltely deep to deep; baseslightly concavewith very fine faint collabral growth lines (more evident near aperture),many very small spiral lines (more evident near centreof base),and veri thin wary opisthocline riblets (more evident near periphery);apertureauriculate,largeand oblique becauseinnermostbasalmargin is behind by alrirosta quarter of a whorl; peristome apparentlyalmost continuous,with upper and lower verticesunited by thick porcellanousparietal callus; columellar margin reflected and thickened; basalmarginJ-shaped,ihickenedand initidly reflected; outer basalmargin proportionally large;external margin slightly thickened (sometimesnon porcellanous bur with collabral growth lines); umbilicus small and partially covered5y peristomalmargin. Dimensions- The best specimen(holorype of X. plioitalica) is ll4 mm in diameter and 63 mm in height. Material - Siena Basin: three very fragmentary from Monsindoli (GMC). specimens In addition to Sienesematerial, we studied four specimens, two from the Pliocene of Albenga (MnSN 85.066.02.002,holorype of X. plioitalicuil) and Rio del Molino di Galatea (MRSN 85.066.02.003, original specimenof X. plioitalicum var.gracilior) and twl froni the Upper Mi6cene of the Torftnte Stirone (Q,t"rantelli collettion, MIvIAS). X. Geographicand stratigraphic distribution plioitalica'was originally rJcordedfrom two localities iAlb.tre" and Ri; dei Mulino di Galatea presso Chieril of the Lower Pliocene of Piedmon-t and Liguria (Sacco,1896). It was subsequendyreported "Middle Miocene" of Moirtebelio (irmilia frJm the "[Jpper Romagna) by Moroni ( 1958) and the Miocene" of Dar-bel-Hamri (Morocco) by Gentil (1919), but both reportsmust be consideredwith prudence.The specimensexaminedby us are from ^th. Upper Miocine of the Torrente Siirone and the Plioceneof Siena. The speciesis new for the SienaBasinwhere it is only known from the Lower Plioceneof Monsindoli quarry. 'We Remarks assignedsome very fragmentary and crushed specimensfound in the Monsindoli The most complete quarp nearSiena,to this species. speclmenrs a large shell with an estimateddiameter oT about l0 cm-(Pl. 7 , fig. 4). Its size and dorsd X. infundibulum (Brocchi, opisthoclineriblets recarll l-814), but it has an umbilicui (umbilicusabsentin X. infandibulum), the free peripheralflange is rough-X ly slalloped and round- (sharply keJled in infundibulum), the outer basal peristome is well developed (outer basal peristome absent in X. infunrtbuhm), around unibilicus there are distinct, nirrow spiral lines (spiral lines at the centre of base very faini in X. infundibulum) and below the peripheral flanse there are very thin opisthocline-riblets (thin oplsthocline riblets below peripheral flange absentor barelyevidentin X. infundibilum). Cossmann(tg16), Ponder& Cooper(1983)and Ferrero Mortara et al. (1984) regardedthe names "plioitalicum "plioitalicum" varl gracilior" as origand bIt iirally introducedin combinationwiih Tugurit4tn, Sacco( 1896) regardedTuguriumto be a iubgenusof XenopltorA.Consequendyrthe original combination uXen-ophora (Tugurium) of thesetwo nominal tora is " (Tuflirium) plioitalicum" plioltalicum Xenophora and -nar. gracilioi' despitethe fact thit Saccolisted them " equiiocally in the text as Tuguritm plioitalicum" and " plioitaiicum var.gracilioi'"and,rr6d thesenamesin T thelegendof the pla-te(this equivocaltreatmentis not exclus-iveto thii genus, but the rule throughout Sacco'stext wheneverthere are subgenera). The orieinal -onlv material of X. plioitalica probably consistsof one specimen(whictr .ottsiquendy has the statusof aholotype), like that of X. plioitaliia var. gracilior. Although Saccodoes not comment on this,-inthe caseof thJformer he only gavethe dimensionsof one specimenand in the caseof the latter it is evident that the description ^"forseis basedon a single b un esemplare specimenwhen he writes -of tt6t these iompletamente adulto.. .". Examination specimens,orieinally in the Audenino collection but rb* in the Billardi-Saccocollection, enabledus to ascertainthat thesetwo tilra are synonymsand that the original specimenof X. plioitalica var. gracilior is indeeda iuvenilespecimen. X. plioitalica ii one of the best distinguished EuropeanNeogenexenophorids(no fossil or extant hasa siinilar clearlyauriculateaperXenophoraspecles ture'and tt^olarge-sized fossil or .*t"rrt Xenoplrorn specieshasan uribilicus), but it is alsoa rarespecies, sb far known from few specimens. It recalls X. XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERMNHN PLIOCENE 439 (Sacco,1896). Text-figsl1-13 - Stellariacf.plioextensa Italy. 1l) ComplCteshell,Quarantellicollection,Museo del Mare Antico, Salsomaggiore, Salsomaggiore; 12) Fragmentsof dorsalportion of a shell,G. Manganellicollection.Middle Plioceneof , l3) Fragmentof basd portion of a shell,V. Spadinicollection.Middle Plioceneof Forna< infundibulum in some features (spire shape, few attached objects and vermiculate opisthocline riblets), but it is distinct from it in many other characters (aperture; umbilicus; basal margin of peristome; basal sculpture; peripheral flange). Ponder (1983, p. 14) surmised that X. plioitalica "perhaps was an offshoot of the X deshayesigroup, from a form close to X. grateloupi (D'Orbigny, 1852)" . X. grateloupi (in the sense of Cossmann 6( Peyrot, 1919) sharesvermiculate opisthocline riblets with X. plioitalica, but differs in shape and size of the aperture and absenceof umbilicus. As stated above, becauseit is very similar to the Mioce ne X. infundibulum it is unlikeiy to be related rc X. plioitalica. Outside the Mediterranean are" the only material somewhat reminiscent of X. plioitalica is an incomplete shell from the Miocene of \Tinterswijk-Miste (The Netherlands), published as X. deshayesiby Janssen(1984, Pl. 54, fig. 1) on the basisof what seemedto be a small umbilicus. Moller, 1832 GenusSrEI-I-nruA Typ. speciesTiochussokris Linnaeus, 1767, by monorypy. (Sacco,1896) cfl plroEXTENSn SrEI-uq.ruA Text-figs1l-13 (Tugurium) 1896 lXenophora) plioextensum SRCCo, p. 27, Pl. 4, figs3-3a. No q?e material exists in the Tlpt mateial Bellardi-Sacco collection at the Museo Regionale di ScienzeNaturali ofTirrin (Ferrero Mortara et Al., 1984). 440 G, AIANGANELLI, V.SPADINI, S, CANFANELLI " Typelocality - Piacenziano: Monte Castello pres(poco frequente)", Italy. to Al6ssandria Diagnosis- A speciesof Stelkria (Onustus),chg; acteriz.?by largesize(l), fragileand almostdiscoidal shell (2), with-large thin pJripheralflange, porcellanousbelow (3); ipire with aSout 7 flatbr Jlighdy convex whorls (4); most of spire surface free of attachedobjectsor their scars(5)l with very small delicate wavF vermiculate opisthocline riblets (6)i attachedobiects(shellsand hagmentsof bivalveand gastropodshells)smallto medium in size(7); scarsof Ittachbd objectsvery shallowalong suture,but deep; er along p.iipheral h*.g. (8); basEconvex(9); baial sculpt"ie consistinsof iobust collabralgrowth lines and^verythin spirallines (10); basalm"r-giqof peristome curved ind initially thickened and reflexed (l l); umbilicusround and deep(12). dextral,.large . Description Shell.(Text-figl.12-l?). with pointed rn srze,very fragileand almost-discoidal apex and ittg.-thin -conicalperipheral flange, porcellanous depiessed(spire "lgl-. obtuse) belo*; spire regularly with abolt seven srowing whorls; lastwhorl large,sometimess[[htly,dil,at.d; #horls flat or slig^htly -onvex; suturesvery shallow;most of spire surface ft.. of attachedobjecisor their scars,with- vgrysmall, delicatewavy vermiculateopisthocline riblets intersected by weak prosocline growth lines and some prosoclinerugae;attachedoFjectsonly along sutures bf lastwhorls,widely spaced,smallto medium in size and consistinsof frie-ettts of bivalveshells(a specimen from Pli6ce.. oTCamporedi Salsomaggiorihas gastropod "contifua, shells;Suehia.fura.ta,GemmularotAta, G. Stenodrilla belkrdii, Turricuk dimidiata, etc.;-Iext-fig. ll) amachedalong peripheralflange; scarsof attiched objects usually shallow (deeperin the specimen from Pliocene of Campore di baserobust,convexwith robust colSalsomaggiore); labral gr6foth and very thin wary spiral lines; growth lines Jrigitr"r. from umbilicus'*li.r. they "i. disposed diigonally, then collabrally crossbase,terminating ab"ruptly,slightly raised, at junction with peripKeralflange;,"pJtt,tieunknown; basalmargin of peristome curved (iudging from many fragments *irh marked collabralsio#th lines;Text-fig. b) and initially thickenedand-wellreflected;umbilicuswide, round and deep. Dimensions- Estimateddiameterof largestspecimensaround 10-I 5 cm. Material - SienaBasin:all the materialconsistsof crushed and fragmentaryshells from the following localities: Poggio Vangelo, I Sodi, Vescona, San Vittorio, Poffidarno," Fornace di Rapolaoo, and Finerri. material,we studieda shell In addition to Sienese from the Pliocene of Campore di Salsomaggiore (Q.t"tantelli collection, MV4S) and a _b"4lyPreembedded in served whole specimen, sdll pardy 'Museo di Storia shale,without .oll.ction data in the Naturale dell'Accademiadei Fisiocritici. S. Geographic and stratigraphic distribution plioexte-nti*asdescribedfiom the Plioceneof Monte Castello near Alessandria(Piedmont, Italy). Our recordsfor the Plioceneof Sdsomaggioreand Siena arethe first reportsof th9 speciessinceits description. The speciesis new for'the SienaBasin,where it "shale" outcroPs may be locafly common in the deposited in intermediate-depthmarine environmentsof the Middle Pliocene. 'We tentatively assign this Stellaria Remarks (Onustus) species to Xerlophoraplioex.tensaSacco, 1896. The descriptionof ihis nominal specieswas sure basedon such bad materialsthat Saccowas not"non xenoPhorid: to a belonged actually they whether parebbero neppure Tugurixttll, ricordando invece ilcune Pleuroiomaria, se non avesserouna grande somiglianzacoi giovani di T extensumdel Sowerby''. AlthJugh Sacgo5diagnosisis defective(" TbstacrAssuAnfractusir;*; et medii laeues,keuiter conla, coni"ca. uexuli, sublucidi, Torpora aliena non colligentes. Umbilicusktus, profaidus subkeuis"),it is consistent with a speciesof Onusttls,especiallyin view of the large ,rtribilicus.Unfortunately the rype material in collection at the Museo Regionale rhJ Bellardi-Sacco di ScienzeNaturali of Turin no longer exists(Ferrero Tigures are of no Mortara et al., 1984) and Sacco's help becausethey illustrate two inlernal moulds. the study oft.* materialfrom Monte Castello Oniy'clarify the identiry of this nominal tanon. can Cossmann(l9l6i p. 195) confirmedit as a valid : X. (Trochotugurium) species -d'Italie plioextensA,occllrritg 'tans Et dans le Scaldisien Plaisancien le d'Anvers"and figured a fine shell (Cossmlon, 1916, Pl. I l, figs20-2[), without givingthe localiryo{:o!lection. Thir shell does not belong to a Stelkria (Onustus)speciesand seemsto have a base,aPerrure and umbiliius similar to the shellfigured by Marquet Glibert, (1997, Pl. l, fig. 7) as Xenophorajcald.ensis 1958,from the?lioceneof Kallo (Belgium). the relaPonder (1983, p. 15) briefly discusses with together that st-ating plioixtensa, of S. tionships the Itafian Miocene Phorusborsini Sismolda, 1847, Pantanelli,1887, it probably and Xenophoradepressa with Trochusextenbelongstb the lineagethat began "other nominal taxa, sus S6werbv, 182f . Many describedfrom the Tertiary'of northern Italy, belong or might belong to Stellaria (Onustut), &ryoph.or* guguiium) oligoitriatum Sacco, 1896, X. Q jubextensumvar. oriatopnrua Sacco, L896, X. G) borsoni Sacco, 18-96,^\d F. G) Po.stextenvar.pagodaeformis sum-Sicco," 1896. Apart from P borsqni;they are basedon badly preservedmaterial and their status and relationshipi are thereforedifficult to evaluate. XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE Also X depressa, which the fine figure by Pantanelli (1887) t.tfg.tts it was describedoi " *.ll preserved shell,wasiZtually basedon a shell in very con' poor r dition (persondunpublisheddata). Of the four extant species,S. longlai (Bartsch, l93l) is the most similaf to S. cf. plio/xtensabecause both have the porcellanouslower surface of the peripheralflanee and a concaveprofile of the inner b"r"l peristontE;the other speciis of Stelkria with porcellanouslower surfaceof peripheralflangehavea *"ry inner basd margin of perisiome (seeKreipl & Alf,'1999: Pls 26-28). sr'*nrua I83I) H:T:fiH{l;"""' 183I lPhorus)testigerus BnoNN, p. 61 . Tvpematerial - It is very improbable ^below). that wDe mat;rial sdll exists (seeremirks, To defi"itively clarify the identity of this nominal taxon, we designate the specimen from Bacedasco(IPUM 9882) illustrated-inPl. 9, fig. 2 as the neorype. "Cq. "Cq." Type localin Ba. C. 15". is -"Ba." "Bc" Cast'-ellarquato, is " rlip for i.e. Bacedasco, 6(C" are the,'JtittgererGrobf<alk,blau. thonig, in den Apenninen . Diapnosis- A species of Stellariacharacterizedby ^robust mediuri size (l), and trochiform shell (2i, with slightly obtuse peripheral flange, divided into long laie blunt disiiations, each bEarinea foreign obiEctdistally(3); s[ire with 7-9 flat who"rls@);8"0of spire surfacefree of attachedobjectsor their 90lo/o scars(5); with small wa\rysubspiralthreadsmore evident in the lower half of whorls; in last whorl, some threadsdivert from their subspiralcourse,becoming more evidentand irregul"r "rd endins in disitationi sivins their dorsal ruiface a sliehth #arry *itd wrinHed ippg"Iaq-ce(6); attachedo6j..h (sheilsand fragmenti of shells)small to mediuin in size,presentIn last whorl only on distal end of dieitationi (7); scars of attachedobjects from shallowio deep (S); base slighdy convex(9); basalsculptureconsistingof colla5ral growth lines and sometimesweak spi"rallines ( I 0); 5"r"1 margin of peristome J-shaied ( I I ); umbilicussmdl, Jometimlsslit-like (12). Qesc7iption Shell,(Pl.9,.$Sr l, 4) dextral,medium in size,robust and trochiform with pointed apex and slightly obtuseperipheralflange,divided int o 79 long largeblunt digitations(8-13 in extant specimens;Ponder,1983);spireconical(angleabout 90"; 75"-85" in extant specimens;Ponder, 1983) with about 7-9 regularly growing whorls (first whorls alwayseroded);last whorl usuallynot dilated;whorls always flat; suturesvery shallow; at least about 8090o/oof spiresurfacefreeoFattachedobjectsor rheir 44r scars,with smallwavy subspiralthreadsmore evident in the lower half of whorls, intersectedby faint or more evidentbut irregularprosoclinegrowth lines;in last whorl, some threadsdivert from their subspiral course, becoming more evident and irregular and ending in digitations, giving dorsal surfaceslightly yarty appearance;attachedobjects small to large in size,consistingof fragmentsof bivalveshells(in one casea claw of a decapodcrustacean),presentin last whorl only on distal end of digitations (those attachedalong suturesof first whorls are not generally retainedin adult shells);scarsof attachedobjects usually shallow; baseslightly convex,with collabral growth lines and weak spiral lines, more evident and regularnear umbilicus, closeand wavy on peripheral flange(in somespecimensspirallinesnearumbilicus very evident and crossinggrowth lines giving granular appearanceto basesimilar to that of X. rispa; see Pl. 8, fig. 3 and Sacco,1896,Pl. 3, frg. l.); aperture large and oblique becauseinnermost basd margin is behind by almost a quarter of a whorl; peristome interrupted with upper and lower verticesunited by weak parietal callus; columellar margin sometimes thickenedand slighdy reflected;basalmargin of peristome J-shaped, thin and sharp; external margin irregular,thin and sharp; umbilicus small and deep, someumesslit-like. Dimensions- Diameter: up to 72 mm; height: up rc 47 mm. Dimensionsof other Italian Pliocenespecimens: D: up to 63 rnm, H: up to 40 mm (Sacco, 1896); D: 55.8-64.2 ffiffi, H: 40.0-47.5 mm (Pelosio,1967);D: up to 56.2 ffiffi, H: up to 32 mm (Caprotti, 1967). Dimensionsof extant specimens: D: up to 65.0 rnrn, H: up 80.7 mm (Ponder,1983); D: up to 83 InID, H: up to 67 mm (Goud 6c lkonenberg, 1938-89;IGeipl & Alf,, 1999). Materia/ - SienaBasin:most of the materialconsistsof crushedand fragmentaryshellsfrom the following localities: Monsindoli, I Sodi, Podere Capanna and Terre Rosse;the best specimensare from Monsindoli (2, FPC; 2, IGF 5985E and IGF Sl99E) and from Terre Rosse(1, VSC). In the RadicofaniBasin,south of the SienaBasin,S. testigerais common at Lucciolabellaand Monte Calcinaio. In addition to Sienesematerid we studied material from other Pliocene localities: Bacedasco( I , IPUM 9882), Priocca(1, DSTUT), Rio Torsero(2, M R S N 8 5 0 6 6 . 0 1. 0 1 4 a n d 8 5 0 6 6 . 0 1. 0 1 6 ) a n d Savona(1, MRSN 85066.01.015). Geographicand snatigraphicdisnibution Live S. testigeraoccur in two distinct areaswith two subspecies:,S. testigera digitata Martens, 1878, is wide'West spreadalong the African coastsfrom Senegalto Namibia and X testigera profund^aPonder, 1983,in the Gulf of Adenand nonheast,\hica (Ponder,I 983). 442 G. AUNGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CANF'4 \ELLI The ecolosy and bioloey of extant ,S.testigeraare relatively .,r1nown. Ad;m 6c Knudsen ll g 55) reported that living specimensof S. testigeradigitata *it. dredged from- bottoms of variable nature betweend.Ipths of 170 and 263 m and Le Lo euff et Al. (1971) itated that this endry lives on the continental slopeand belongsto the bathyalfauna. Ponder ( 1983) t.iotred thar Sl testigera Profundawasdredged betweendepthsof 450 and 730 m. is recordAccordi"g to Ponder(1983), S. testigera ed from the" Oligocene to the Pliocene of several European locditlot however we do not known enY O[e6cene record and'W. Ponder (personalcommunicition) thinks that the Oligocene indication mey be bas.d ot "t error. The spJcieshas been reported from the Miocene of Paratethys(Germany, Austria and Bulgaria), the Miocene and Pliocene of the (Miocene: Corsica, southern and Medit.ti"tt."t northern Italy; Pliocene: southern Spain, Sardinia, central-northernItaly and Maritime Apt) (Hcirnes, 1856;Locard, 1877;Seguenza,1877, 1881; Koenen' 1882; Sacco, 1896; Cossmann' 1916; Ruggieri, 1957;Moroni, l95S; Kojumdgieva6c Strachimirov, 1960;Dieni 6c Massari,1966;Caprotti, 1967,1970, lg74; Pelosio, I 967; csepreghy-vteznerics,1969; Marasti 6c Ram, 1976, t977;Vontefameglio et A,1,, 1980; Anfossi et dl., 1982; Zhu Min-Da, 1984; Cavallo 6c Repetto, 1992; Thbanelli 6c Segurini, 1994;Andreoli-8cMarsigli, 1996; Harzhauseret Al., statedthat 2003;Landav et d1.,2004).Sacco(1896) "Astiano" of from the recorded is also the species "futigiana", but this is questioned P:losio (1967.). by was repoited from the SienaFfif !.y Sl testigerA, (1878), Hrirnes (f856) and De Stefani6c Pantanelli "shale" outcroPs in where it may be loc"lly common deposited ill intermediate-depth marine environments of the Lower and Middle Pliocene. Remarks- Fine fossil shellsof S. testigeraare very rare. Two very fine specimens are from Priocca (Montefameglioet al., i980, FiB. l0) and from Rio torr.ro (Saclo,1896, Pl. 3, Frg.-l.);the latter (Pl. 9, fig. 3) is interesdngbecauseit-has very .4d.:tt spiral liiles nearthe umbi'licuswhich crossgrowth lines,giting a granularappearanceto the basesimilar to that o{X. iris\a. Moit of the material is crushedor incomDlete,lackine the last part of the aperture (Pelosio, \961 , Pl. i6, figr 2ba-20d, Pl. 37, figt la-ld; Caprotri, 1970, Pl. 7, fig. 3; Cavallo 6c Repetto, EXPI,{\AIION Fies l-4 --o- 1992,Fig.110;Andreoli& Marsigli,1996,l!..1,fig.s 7-, and our specimensare no excePtion.Although this makes c"r^efulcomparisonsbetween fossil and extant specimensdifficuit, it is evident that at least Pliocene specimenshave remarkable variabill.ry.in spire angle,length of peripheraldigitations and dorsal and basd sculpture. The earliest Miocene specimens -conical from northern than Plioceneor Italy are smdler and more extant ones.Saccodistinguishedthem pardy esX. testiqeravar. ektiuscuk and pardy asX. testigeravar. tauriturrita,both of which *. "*"lly regardedasjunior synonymsof X. testigera(Ponder 6c Cooper, 1981). Aop.futty, the tt"t,tf of these nominal til€ will be investigaiedagain, especiallythat of X. testigSyvar. taurotirri to *Kich i ncludesip ecim ens rather di fferen t from the Plioceneand extant ones. was describedby Bronn (1331) Phorustestigerus "Jiin-gererGrobkalk, blau- thonig, in den from the Apenninen" o'f Castellarquato and Bicedasco. Bionn's collectionwas acquiredby L. Ag*siz for the Museum of Comparatlive Zooloy . (Harv"t4, US) (R. Janssen'Persond communlMassachusetts, cation) and his fossil molluscs are housed in the InvertebratePaleontologvDept. No synrypeof P testiqerashas been found i-riwhit remainsof the collecti3n (F. Collier, personalcommunication). The original iescription-ispogr and doesnot offer elemen$ s;ppofting sure idenlification of the nomind taxon deslribed-byBronn. Only S. testigeraseems (Hornes, 1856; Cocconi, 1873; presentat Bacedasco Pelosio, 1967), but three species (X. crispa, X. infundibulum and S. testigera)o_ccurat Castellarqurt: (Hornes, 1856; Cocconi, 1873; Glibert' 1963; Caprotti, 1967; Zhu Min-Da, 1984). The first authors to cite Bronnt specieswere Hauer (1837, p. 420) in a, list of speciesfrom the Vienna Basinattd Michelotti (1847,PP. 174-175,Plt 7 , fts.6) on the basisof specimensfrbh Tortona and However,Miihelotti (1840) illustrated a Bace?asco. shell whose identity is not clear: some characters recall S. testigera ind X. crispa (dorsal subspiral threads)and Jthett match X irispa (absenceof evident peripheral digitations and last whorl dilated) (TextJi g. l4). S. tistigerawas_subseque_nilt.p9t_r:.d by Sisnionda(1847, p. 5O),.llotn (1848,-p.999., D'Otbigny (1852,p. 41) and Hornes(1856,p. 444, PL.44, fie. l().Tha latter is the first author to give a sufficiently clear figure (albeit of an incomplete shell OF PIATE 8 Stelkria testigera(Bronn, I 83 I ). l) F. Pizzoleiocoilection, from the Lower Plioceneof Monsind-oli (S_iena);_ ti M",yp;; M;;;; Ji-p"l.obiologia e dell'Orto Botanico, Modena, Itdy, IPUI\ 3i Ri; firr.ro, Bellardi-Sacco.ofl..tion, M-useoRegionaledi ScienzeNaturdi, 4in. Spadini collecdon. Middle PlioceneofTerre R6sse(CastelnuovoBerarder G. MANGAIVELLI, V SPADIIVI,S. CIANFAIVELLI, XE,NOPHORIDS FROM MEDITE PI. B 444 G. MANGANELLI, V SPADINI, S. CUNFANELLI Thb. 6 - Synopsisof charactersdistinguishingthe Italian PlioceneXenophoraspecies. X. mispa X. daaolii X. infundibulum X. plioinlica S. plioextensa S. testigera Size small very large large Shell robust, from almost discoidal to trochiform robust and vgredate robust and trochi- robust and uochi- fragile and di, form form .oidal Peripherd flange narrow irregular, roughly rouid (where attached objectsabsent) narrow irregular shaped,shaiply keeled (where attachedobjects absent) narrow slightly wxw, sharilv ^J keelld Whorl profile irregular flat or very slight- flat or slightly ly convex convex flat flat most of surface about 90o/o most of surface most of surface probably 80-90o/o variable Percentage of spire about 30-600/o surface fue from attached objects or their scars large large narrow irregular, large,,thinand porcellanous roushly touid (whireattached below objectsabsent) rligltllf obruse, divided into some lTg. and.long Dlunt dlgltauons Spire sculpture with fine wary meandering:,rbsplral, someumes opisthocline, riblets with very irregular with closefine and prominent, vermiculate opisthoclinedrop- opisthocline fike rugae,inrer-^ tiblets sectedby faint prosoclinegrowth lines with very small wary vermiculate opislhocline tibl.tt with very smdl delicate waw vermiculate opisthocline ribleti with small wary subspiral threads tt oti evident in the lower half of whorls; in last whorl some threadsbecome more evident and irrepulat Sttd end rn clgrtauons Aaached objects mainly bivalve and gastropod shelli, fragments of shellsal"a pebbles from smdl to proportiondly very large very large fragttt.tttt oTshelfsof bivdves and gasuopods, and pebbles mainly bivalve shellsand fragments of sami, alwaysvery small to small exceptin last quarter oTlast whorl frasments of biv"alveshells, srlall to medium in size bivdve shells and fragmentsof sarie, smdl to medium in size bivalve shells and fragmentsof same,smdl to medium in size, presentin last whorl only on distal end ofdigir"tions Scarsof attached usually deep objects usually deep usually deep usually deep shdlow rlorg sutures,deeper 1!org peripherd tlange usudly shallow Base slighdy concave funnel-shaped slightly convex convex slightly convex Basal margin of Penstome sliehdy convex to alilosi flat J - shaped,thickened and with jutting outer portlon curyed, thickened straisht and thick- I - shaped,thick- curved and inidd- J - shaped .tteJas far as and sliehtly lned and inidally ly thickened and reflectil periphery then reflected reflected absent;at attachment to peripheral flanee, thire is usually-asort of sinulus Basal sculpture collabral srowth disdnct collabral lines and"spiral growth lines groovesmore distinct near umbilicus and having a more or lessgranular sculpture collabral growth lines, *eik ot very weak spird lin6s and sorrretimes very thin opisthocline riblets very weak colrobust collabrd hbial srowth lines growth lines and more &ident near thin spird i:o aperrure,many llnes very smdl spiral [n6s and "..y small wary vermiculate opisthocline riblets collabral srowth lines and-somedmes weak spird lines Umbilicus smdl and deep but often slitlike or coveredby parietal callus absent round and d.gp round and deep or slit-like and' coveredby peristomal margln small, sometimes slit-like absent XENOPHORIDSFROM MEDITERRANEANPLIOCENE 445 |4#Kr&,'tw+f,frui,,:'': rex'-ng 1LJ'H:'Jii*n,oJ whether bui it is uncertain species, tionof Bronn's to X. testigera. reallybelongs theshellillustrat-ed |5{;w!:xTi:;i# rex,-ng ffnrl?*,:"'$r1,11l";::; from Baden)for recognitionof the speciesasit is currendy understood(l5xt-fig. l5).Thinks to this good figu1L,subsequentidentifiiations haveprobablybeen cdnsistent.However, becausedesignationof a neotype is advisableto clarify the ideritiry of l nominal taxon, we designatethe-specimenfrom Bacedasco (IPUM 9882) i-llustratedin Pl. 9, fig. 2 as the neotyPe. -Ponder(1983) statesthat fossiland extant specimens must be assignedto distinct chronosubspecies: incluGs specimens from the S. testigerat-estig97a digitaMiocen-eto the Flioceneof Eurobe,S. testigera taMartens, 1878,specimensfrom'WestAllica arid .S. testigeraprofundn Ponder, 1983, extant specimens frori the Gulf of Aden and northeasi Africa. However,some of the characterslisted by Ponder to differentiateextant subspeciesfrom fossil S. testigera haveonly relativevalue due to wide variabititestigera fossils.itot example,it is doubtful to distinfi the w from extant euish the fossilnominoryfii.d subspecies 5n.r on the basisof th6 length oflperipheraldigitations (shorter in fossil specimens,longer in extant ones). St. Jean (1982) and Ponder ( l9S3) hypothesize that S. testigeraoriginated in the western Atlantic from S. co-nica(Dall, 1892) of the Eocene of Mississippi.The latter it y9ry similar to S. testigera, size(fot S. conbeingmainly distinguishedby small_er icA, i.. St. iean, tl98z, firsf two figures at p. l9). However, the long gap in stratigrlphic distribudon betweenthe Eoceie-l.' tonica and,the Miocene S. tesis surprising. tiqera o Arrothei rece"'ntlydescribed species, Stellaria kriegerbartholdiNielsen 6( De Vries, 2002, is very simllar to S. testigeraexceptfor its closedumbilicus (Nielsen6c De Vries, 2002, pp. 75-77, Figs 17-20). Thir speciesis very interestiridbecauseit Is the first report^of an endry of the S. tdstigeragrouP from the southern hemisphere (Millongue Formation, PeninsulaArauco, south-centralC[ile), but unfortunately its uncertain stratigraphic age (Eocene or Miocene)preventsmore detailedcomment. to the original). ACKNO\TLEDGEMENTS 'We thank Andrea Benocci, Antonella Daviddi, Leonardo Gamberucci, and Saulo Bambi for technical assistance,Helen Ampt for revisingthe English,Armando Costantini (Siena,Italy) Franca Campanino (Tirrin, Itdy), for itratigraphicli assista-nce, Elisabettl Cioppi (Florence, ttaly), Fred Collier (Harvad, MassachusettsUS), Franco Davoli (Modena, Italy), Maurizio Forli (Prato, Italy), Riccardo Manni (Rome, Italy), Daniele Ormezzano (Tirrin, Italy), FrancescoPizzolato (Arezzo, Italy), and RaffaeleQuarantelli (Salsomaggiore,Italy) for information about or loan of material from theii Institute or private collecdons, Fausto Barbagli (Pavia,Italy), FrancescaCagnani (Siena, Italy), Anita Eschner (Vienna, Austria), Viviana Fiorentino (Palermo, Itdy), - Elena Gavetti (Turin, Italy), Jeroen Gould 1-,eiden, The Netherlands), Pierre Lozouet (Paris, France), Robert Marquet (Annverpen, Belgium), PeterMordan (London, UK), Ruggiro Noto La Diegi (Berlin, Germany), Marco Franceico Pezzo (Oxford,_UK), Jot.P Oliverio fRo-a, Italy), -(Ciutadella de Me_norca,Spain), Tom Quintana Cardona Sihiotte (Copenhagen, Denmark), Ewa Stworzeuricz(IGakow Poland)andThomas Vilke (Philadelphia,US), for their valuable in bibliographic research. help ^'We than[ Folco Giusti (Siena, Italy), Robert Marquet (Anrwerpeh, Belgium), and Giulio Pavia (Tirrin, Italy) who Provided numerous-helpful comments which greatly improved the accuracyand cualiry of this paper. di Sienaand Museo di Storia Resbarchfinanc'edby Univ6rsit)r "La Specola",Universiti di Firenze Naturale, SezioneZoologica (Italy). 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