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About some aporrhaid and strombid gastropods from the Late Cretaceous

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Sixteen species of the Stromboidea (Gastropoda) from the Late Cretaceous are described in this study. One species belongs to the Strombidae, the others to eight genera and subgenera of the Aporrhaidae. Eight species are new. They have been found in the Cenomanian of Kassenberg in western Germany, the Coniacian of the Mungo River in Cameroon, the Santonian of the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa, the Santonian/Campanian of the Ariyalur area in southern India, the Campanian of northern Spain, and the Maastrichtian of the Western Desert in Egypt.

Two species ofDrepanocheilus from South Africa are considered stem-group representatives of the aporrhaids which inhabited the Weddellian Province in the early Tertiary. One new species of the strombid genusHippocrenes is regarded as an early species of the evolutionary lineage leading to the Seraphsidae. The new species areLatiala? ponsi, Drepanocheilus herberti, Drepanocheilus triliratus, Drepanocheilus (Tulochilus) jouberti, Graciliala quaasi, Kaunhowenia catalanica, Kaunhowenia punctata andHippocrenes kussi.

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Sechzehn Arten oberkretazischer Stromboidea (Gastropoda) werden beschrieben, eine davon wird den Strombidae zugeordnet, die anderen werden zu acht Gattungen und Untergattungen der Aporrhaidae gestellt. Acht Arten sind neu. Das Material stammt aus dem Cenoman des Steinbruches Kassenberg bei Mülheim a.d. Ruhr, dem Coniac der Mungokreide von Kamerun, dem Santon der Trichinopoli Formation im Gebiet von Ariyalur in Tamil Nadu, Südindien, dem Santon/ Campan der Umzamba Formation an der Ostküste Südafrikas, dem Campan von Nordspanien im Becken von Tremp und dem Maastricht der Ammonitenberge in der westlichen Wüste von Ägypten.

Zwei neue Arten der GattungDrepanocheilus aus Südafrika werden als Stammgruppenvertreter einiger Aporrhaidae angesehen, die im frühen Tertiär in der Weddell Provinz dominierten. Eine neue Art vonHippocrenes (Strombidae) wird als ältester Vertreter einer zu den Seraphsidae führenden, evolutionären Linie gedeutet. Die neuen Arten sind:Latiala?ponsi, Drepanocheilus herberti, Drepanocheilus triliratus, Drepanocheilus (Tulochilus) jouberti, Graciliala quaasi, Kaunhowenia catalanica, Kaunhowenia punctata undHippocrenes kussi.

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Kiel, S., Bandel, K. About some aporrhaid and strombid gastropods from the Late Cretaceous. Paläont. Z. 76, 83–97 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02988188

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