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Research identifies a new gastropod species, leucozonia barcoi, in lower pliocene of Catalonia, revealing additional rare mollusks.
During the study of the malacofauna (Mollusca Gastropoda) of the Lower Pliocene of the Mediterranean Basin, and in particular that of Catalonia (Spain), the presence of a new species belonging to a genus never previously reported for the Mediterranean Basin was ascertained: Leucozonia barcoi n. sp. (Fasciolariidae). Several rare and interestingl species found in the same locality are also reported: Nerita connectens Fontannes 1880 (Neritidae), Coralliophila cristinae M. Brunetti, 2001 (Muricidae Coralliophilinae), Orania retrospectans (Fontannes, 1882), and Orania fusulus f. davidiana (Fontannes, 1882) (Muricidae Ergalataxinae).
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