Available online at http://geology.uaic.ro/auig/ AUI Analele Stiintifice ale Universitatii “Al. I. Cuza” din Iasi Seria Geologie 60 (2) (2014) 5–30 GEOLOGIE Badenian gastropods from the collections of the Mureş County Museum Mirela Violetta Popa1, Anca Duma1, Angela Săplăcan2 1 Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Biology and Geology, Department of Geology, 1 Kogalniceanu St., 400084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania 2 Mureş County Museum, 24 Horea St., 540036 Târgu-Mureş, Romania Abstract The present paper focuses on the systematic presentation of the gastropods from the collections of Lăpugiu de Sus and Nemeşeşti (Făget Basin) located in the Mureş County Museum. The large diversity of the species characterized the mollusc fauna from the famous occurrences of the Făget Basin (Lăpugiu de Sus, Nemeşeşti, Coştei). The assemblage from Lăpugiu de Sus represents one of the richest European Badenian fossil fauna. The collected gastropods (190 specimens) have been determined, systematically arranged and illustrated. The 54 species recorded belong to 20 families (Neritopsidae, Cerithiidae, Turritellidae, Cypraeidae, Pediculariidae, Ficidae, Naticidae, Aporrhaidae, Tonnidae, Buccinidae, Columbellidae, Fasciolariidae, Nassariidae, Muricidae, Mitridae, Volutidae, Olividae, Conidae, Terebridae and Turridae). Keywords: gastropods, taxonomy, Badenian, Lăpugiu de Sus, Nemeşeşti, Romania. Introduction The most important sellers were the citizens of Târgu Mureş (e.g. Ede Bujánovich and The Mureş County Museum (Natural Károly Frunda), or citizens of the neighbor- Scienties) from Târgu Mureş houses the pale- hoods (like Gyula Adamcsik from Cristeşti). ontological collections with 3937 registered Some pieces were transferred from the Teleki items. They contain molluscs, corals, echinids, Castle at Gorneşti. However, the most impor- fish and mammals. tant part of the paleontological collection The material was gathered by donations, comes from the collection field trips orga- purchase, transfer from other institutions and nized by the museum. Among the first collections during fieldworks. The oldest collectors were József Fikk (1931-1951), donation dates from 1912. The donors were followed between 1960-1967 by a biologist, the citizens or former professional geologists István Kónya, and lately by the historian (e.g. prof. dr. Ioan Bedelean and prof. dr. Vlad Andrei Zriny. Codrea from the Babeş-Bolyai University). © 2014 Ed. Univ. „Al. I. Cuza” Iași. All rights reserved Corresponding author’s e-mail: [email protected] 6 Popa M.V. et al. Fig. 1 Location map of the Făget basin Lăpugiu de Sus and Nemeşeşti are situ- The studied gastropods are very diverse. ated in the Făget basin (north-western part of Thirty-eight gastropods genera with fifty-four the Poiana Ruscă Mountains) (Fig. 1), species have been recorded. They belong to representing one of the eastern extensions of twenty families (Neritopsidae, Cerithiidae, the Pannonian Basin. Lăpugiu de Sus fossilif- Turritellidae, Cypraeidae, Pediculariidae, erous site is famous due to its Badenian fauna Ficidae, Naticidae, Aporrhaidae, Tonnidae, richness and diversity (molluscs, corals, Buccinidae, Columbellidae, Fasciolariidae, bryozoans, foraminifera, brachiopods etc.). Nassariidae, Muricidae, Mitridae, Volutidae, The mollusc fauna was mentioned in the Olividae, Conidae, Terebridae and Turridae) papers from the last a hundred and fifty years and eleven superfamilies (Neritopsoidea, (Halaváts, 1876; Koch, 1898; Niţulescu, 1930; Cerithioidea, Cypraeoidea, Ficoidea, Naticoidea, Moisescu, 1955a; Petrescu et al., 1990; Şuraru Stromboidea, Tonoidea, Buccinoidea, Muricoidea, and Papp, 1993; Chira and Voia, 2001). From Olivoidea, Conoidea). the molluscs, the gastropods are the most represented. New occurrences of species des- Abbreviations: Mureş County Museum = cribed by Hörnes (1851-1856), Hoernes and MCM Auinger (1879-1891), Boettger (1902-1907) have been described from Lăpugiu. Systematic palaeontology Material The systematic classification has been used according to Bouchet and Rocroi (2005). The gastropods (190 specimens) have According to Landau et al. (2004), the been colected in 1995 from Lăpugiu de Sus Pediculariidae are treated as a family of and Nemeşeşti by Angela Săplăcan, curator of Cypraeoidea superfamily. Mureş County Museum. AUI–G, 60, 2, (2014) 5–30 Badenian gastropods from the Mureş County Museum 7 Class GASTROPODA CUVIER, 1797 Superfamily Neritopsoidea GRAY, 1847 Family Neritopsidae GRAY, 1847 Genus Neritopsis GRATELOUP, 1832 Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula (LINNAEUS, 1758) Pl. 1, Fig. 1 1856 Neritopsis radula LINN. – Hörnes, pp. 528–529, Pl. 47, Fig. 8 1998 Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula (LINNÉ) – Schultz, Pl. 20, Fig. 9 Material: Two specimens (inv. MCM 423), Nemeşeşti Dimensions: Height 20.0–15.1 mm, width 18.7–14.5 mm. Superfamily Cerithioidea FLEMING, 1822 Family Cerithiidae FLEMING, 1822 Genus Cerithium BRUGUIÈRE, 1879 Cerithium vulgatum europaeum MAYER, 1878 Pl. 1, Fig. 2 1954 Cerithium europaeum MAYER– Friedberg, pp. 249, Pl. 16, Figs. 3, 4 1966 Cerithium vulgatum europaeum MAYER – Strausz, pp. 130, Pl. 9, Figs. 19–26 1975 Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum europaeum MAYER – Bałuk, pp. 144, Pl. 17, Figs. 1–3 2002 Cerithium vulgatum europaeum MAYER – Harzhauser, pp. 72, Pl. 2, Figs. 3–4 Material: twelve specimens (inv. MCM 424), Lăpugiu de Sus Dimensions: Height 28–10 mm, width 10.8–5.0 mm. Subgenus Tiaracerithium SACCO, 1895 Cerithium (Tiaracerithium) zeuschneri PUSCH, 1837 Pl. 1, Fig. 3 1954 Cerithium zejszneri PUSCH – Friedberg, pp. 252, Pl. 16, Fig. 6 1960 Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) zeuschneri PUSCH – Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov, pp. 105, Pl. 31, Figs. 6, 7 1966 Cerithium zeuschneri PUSCH – Strausz, pp. 134, Pl. 10, Fig. 3, Pl. 11, Fig. 2 1975 Cerithium (Tiaracerithium) zeuschneri PUSCH – Bałuk, pp. 150, Pl. 18, Figs. 6–9 Material: two specimens (inv. MCM 425), Lăpugiu de Sus Dimensions: Height 31.1–22.3 mm, width 12.3–9.4 mm. Subgenus Thericium MONTEROSATO, 1890 Cerithium (Thericium) michelotti HÖRNES, 1855 Pl. 1, Fig. 4 1855 Cerithium michelotti HÖRN. – Hörnes, pp. 389, Pl. 41, Fig.7 1954 Cerithium michelotti HÖRN. – Friedberg, pp. 606, Pl. 38, Fig.7 a, b 1960 Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) michelotti HÖRNES – Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov, pp. 105, Pl. 31, Fig. 5 AUI–G, 60, 2, (2014) 5–30 8 Popa M.V. et al. 1966 Cerithium michelotti HÖRNES – Strausz, pp. 134, Pl. 9, Fig. 29 1975 Cerithium (Thericium) michelotti HÖRNES – Bałuk, pp. 146, Pl. 17, Figs. 6–8 Material: five specimens (inv. MCM 426), Lăpugiu de Sus Dimensions: Height 19.8–10.1 mm, width 9.1–5.1 mm. Cerithium crenatum (BROCCHI, 1814) Pl. 1, Fig. 5 1966 Cerithium crenatum BROCCHI – Strausz, pp. 135. Pl. 9, Fig. 10 1968 Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) crenatum crenatum BROCCHI – Hînculov, pp. 131, Pl. 31, Fig. 5 a, b 2004 Cerithium (Thericium) crenatum (BROCCHI) – Landau et al., pp. 5, Pl. 1, Fig. 8 2006 Cerithium crenatum (BROCCHI) – Chirli, pp. 83, Pl. 34, Figs. 1–5 Material: one specimen (inv. MCM 427), Lăpugiu de Sus Dimensions: Height 33.2 mm, width 9.1 mm. Family Turritellidae LOVÉN, 1847 Genus Turritella LAMARCK, 1799 Turritella spirata (BROCCHI, 1814) Pl. 1, Fig. 6 1966 Turritella subangulata spirata BROCCHI – Strausz, pp. 84, Pl. 2, Fig. 4 1968 Turritella (Zaria) subangulata spirata BROCCHI – Hânculov, pp. 134, Pl. 32, Fig. 7 1975 Turritella (Zaria) spirata (BROCCHI) – Bałuk, pp. 104, Pl. 13, Fig. 14 2004 Turritella spirata (BROCCHI) – Landau et al., pp. 17, Pl. 2, Fig. 11, Pl. 3, Fig. 7 Material: eight specimens incomplete preserved (inv. MCM 428), Lăpugiu de Sus Dimensions: Height 21.3–18.2 mm, width 7.2–6.4 mm. Turritella erronea COSSMANN in FRIEDBERG, 1914 Pl. 1, Fig. 7 1955b Turritella (Torculoidella) erronea COSSMANN – Moisescu, pp. 127, Pl. 10, Figs. 13, 16, 17 1960 Turritella (Torculoidella) erronea COSSMANN – Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov, pp. 115, Pl. 32, Figs. 16, 17 1975 Turritella (Archimediella) erronea erronea COSSMANN – Bałuk, pp. 111, Pl. 12, Figs. 17, 18 2004 Turritella erronea COSSMAN in FRIEDBERG – Landau et al., pp. 15, Pl. 2, Figs. 9–10, Pl. 3, Fig. 5 Material: six specimens (the largest specimens preserved without the protoconch and the last whorls) (inv. MCM 429), Nemeşeşti Dimensions: Height 41–20.3 mm, width 9.2–5.5 mm. Subgenus Haustator MONTFORT, 1810 Turritella (Haustator) badensis SACCO, 1895 Pl. 1, Fig. 8 1895 Turritella turris cf. var. badensis SACC. – Sacco, pp. 3 1960 Turritella (Archimediella) turris var. badensis SACCO – Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov, pp. 113, Pl. 32, Fig. 8 AUI–G, 60, 2, (2014) 5–30 Badenian gastropods from the Mureş County Museum 9 partim 1966 Turritella turris badensis SACCO – Strausz, pp. 99, Pl. 3, Figs. 13–14, 16–17, Pl. 78, Fig. 4 1975 Turritella (Haustator) badensis SACCO – Bałuk, pp. 105, Pl. 12, Figs. 22–27 1996 Turritella (Haustator) badensis SACCO – Jakubowski, pp. 706, Pl. 217, Figs. 11, 12 Material: thirty-seven incomplete specimens (inv. MCM 430), Lăpugiu de Sus (25) and Nemeşeşti (12) Dimensions: Height 50.4–16 mm, width 12–5 mm. Subgenus Eichwaldiella FRIEDBERG, 1933 Turritella (Eichwaldiella) bicarinata ( EICHWALD, 1830) Pl. 1, Fig. 9 1966 Turritella bicarinata EICHWALD – Strausz, pp. 86, Pl. 2, Fig. 13 1975 Turritella (Eichwaldiella) bicarinata EICHWALD – Bałuk, pp. 109, Pl. 12, Figs. 1–6 2002 Turritella (Eichwaldiella) bicarinata (EICHWALD) – Harzhauser, pp. 78, Pl. 2, Figs. 17–19 Material: twenty- three specimens (the largest without initial or last whorls) (inv. MCM 431), Lăpugiu de Sus Dimensions: Height 47.6–20 mm, width 14.2–8 mm. Superfamily Cypraeoidea RAFINESQUE,