Chitons (Mollusca: Polyplacophora) from the Middle Miocene sandy facies of Ukraine, Central Paratethys
Authors
Barbara Studencka
Museum of the Earth, Polish Academy of Sciences, Aleja Na Skarpie 20/26, PL-00-488 Warsaw
Alfred Dulai
Department of Palaeontology and Geology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H-1431 Budapest P.O.B. 137
Keywords:
Polyplacophora, Badenian, Middle Miocene, Ukraine, Central Paratethys
Abstract
The Late Badenian (=early Serravallian of theMediterranean) chitons of Ukraine, housed in theMuseum of the Earth PAS,Warsaw, are described systematically. Eight species are identified: Leptochiton cancellatus (Sowerby, 1840), Lepidopleurus cajetanus (Poli, 1791), Ischnochiton rissoi (Payraudeau, 1826), Chiton corallinus (Risso, 1826), Chiton olivaceus Spengler, 1797, Lepidochitona lepida (Reuss, 1860), Acanthochitona faluniensis (Rochebrune, 1883) and Craspedochiton profascicularis (Boettger, 1906). Most of the material comes from Varovtsi, in the Khmelnytskyi region. The predominant faunal element is Acanthochitona faluniensis, comprising 55% of all investigated valves.
