International Geological Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association

SHORT COMMUNICATION A new Middle Miocene Niveria Jousseaume, 1884 (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Trivioidea) from Hungary

Published: Feb 2011

Pages: 103 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10096-011-0009-8

Authors: DIRK FEHSE

Abstract: A new species of Niveria from the Middle Miocene (Badenian) of the Paratethys of Borsodbóta, Hungary is described. This species is characterized by its callused dorsum and dorsal depression. Niveria jozefgregoi sp. nov. is discussed with comparative species from the Badenian of Hungary, the Pliocene of the Mediterranean region, Florida and Recent species from Madeira and the Islas Galapagos.

Keywords: Badenian, Paratethys, taxonomy, molluscs, Triviidae

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Volume 62 no. 1 / February 2011

Volume 62 no. 1