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POLYPLACOPHORA
FROM THE PLIOCENE OF ESTEPONA
(MALAGA, WEST SPAIN)
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Bruno
Dell’Angelo, Bernard Landau and Robert Marquet |
This
paper reports the presence of Chitons (Mollusca, Polyplacophora)
in the Pliocene of Estepona (Malaga, West Spain). More than 400
plates has been studied from five localities: Velerin, Velerin
Antena, Velerin Carretera, Parque Antena and Rio del Padron.
This is the first documentation of fossil chitons from the
Neogene of Spain. Eighteen species of chitons have been
identified, two of them described as new: Lepidopleurus
cajetanus, Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) algesirensis,
Lepidopleurus (Leptochiton) tavianii sp.nov.,
Lepidopleurus (Parachiton) aff.
africanus, Hanleya hanleyi, Hanleya sp.,
Ischnochiton ulivii, Ischnochiton martinelli sp.nov.,
Ischnochiton rissoi, Ischnochiton (Stenosemus) aff.
vanbellei, Callochiton septemvalvis, Lepidochitona cinerea,
Lepidochitona canariensis, Chiton miocenicus, Chiton corallinus,
Acanthochitona fascicularis, Acanthochitona crinita,
Craspedochiton altavillensis. 12 species are still living in
Mediterranean while only 9 occur off the Atlantic coasts of
Europe. The two new species and Hanleya
sp. are known from Pliocene deposits only, while Ischnochiton
ulivii and Craspedochiton
altavillensis do not exceed Pleistocene. |
