Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae (2013), vol. 83: 179–200. SYS TEM ATIC AND PALAEO ECO LOGI CAL STUDY OF MIO CENE TER RES TRIAL GAS TRO PODS FROM ZWIERZYNIEC (SOUTHERN POLAND) Ewa STWORZEWICZ1, Valentin A. PRISYAZHNYUK2 & Marcin GÓRKA3 1 In stitute of System at ics and Evolu tion of Ani mals, Polish Academy of Sciences, S³awkowska 17, PL 31-016 Kraków, Poland; e-mail:
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[email protected] Stworzewicz, E., Prisyazhnyuk, V. A. & Górka, M. 2013. System atic and palaeo eco logi cal study of Mio cene ter res trial gas tro pods from Zwierzyniec (south ern Po land). Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae, 83: 179–200. Ab stract: While the ma rine molluscs from Sarmatian de posits of the Carpathian Foredeep Ba sin are known in general, there is a paucity of data on the terres trial gas tropods. Recently, a rich assem blage of terres trial snails, ac compa nied by fresh wa ter spe cies, was found in Zwierzyniec, in the north-west ern, mar ginal part of the Carpa- thian Foredeep. Among the 38 taxa re cog nised, there are 22 spe cies found in Po land for the first time; a new clau- siliid spe cies Triloba magurkai Stworzewicz sp.