RESEARCH ARTICLE

The fossil land and freshwater mollusks of Sandelzhausen (Early/Middle Miocene, Germany): Caenogastropoda, Neritimorpha, lower Heterobranchia and Bivalvia

Rodrigo B. Salvador

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart. Stuttgart, Germany.
Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen. Tübingen, Germany.

Abstract

Sandelzhausen is a rich Early/Middle Miocene (Mammal Neogene zone MN5) fossil site near Mainburg, Southern Germany. Hundreds of fossil continental mollusks, almost exclusively pulmonates snails, were recovered during the excavations, but never received due attention by researchers. Here, a taxonomical treatment of the non-pulmonate fossil mollusks from Sandelzhausen is presented, dealing with the Caenogastropoda, Neritimorpha, lower Heterobranchia and Bivalvia. The following species were found in the material: Bithynia sp. (Bithyniidae); Pomatias sp. (Pomatiidae); Theodoxus sp. (Neritidae); Valvata sp. (Valvatidae); Sphaerium sp. (Sphaeriidae). Unfortunately, the poor preservation of the material precludes a more precise identification.

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Cite as: Salvador R.B. (2013) The fossil land and freshwater mollusks of Sandelzhausen (Early/Middle Miocene, Germany): Caenogastropoda, Neritimorpha, lower Heterobranchia and Bivalvia. Strombus 20(1–2): 19–26.

Publication date: 31 December 2013.