Name That Shell…Part 7 (Pygmaepterys from Hungary?)

I traded for these specimens a few years ago. They are from the Badenian (Middle Miocene) of Band, Veszprem, Hungary, and were originally labelled as “Favartia nov. sp.” I immediately noticed the similarity between these specimens and two species of Favartia (Pygmaepterys) from the Miocene Chipola Formation of Florida, F. (P.) pratulum Vokes & D’Attilio, 1980 and F. (P.) drezi Vokes & D’Attilio, 1980. Both species are quite rare in the Chipola — Vokes (1994) reported 3 type specimens of F. (P.) drezi (all collected prior to 1980), and an unknown (but certainly small) number of specimens of F. (P.) pratulum collected from 5 different Chipola localities (all but one prior to 1980). I have two specimens of each species in my own private collection (see below).

 

Specimen(s) of the Week: Finishing Off the Florida Pterotyphis

Still on holiday, so I am only making a short post today.

Several weeks back, I figured my fragment of Pterotyphis (s.s.) calhounensis Gertman, 1969 as “Specimen of the Week.” Some people might mock it, but considering there are only 3 fragmentary specimens (originally from the Tulane University collections) and one complete specimen (somewhat unfortunately uncovered with the assistance of my ex, while he was on a field trip with the FLMNH folks) documented in the collections of the Florida Museum of Natural History, I am still pretty proud of it.

So today, I am finishing off figuring the known species of the genus Pterotyphis from Florida. As you can tell, I really like the Typhinae, as I tend to figure them in my posts more so than any other muricid group. 🙂