Fossil Carychiidae (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea) from the Lower Pleistocene Nashua Formation of Florida, with the description of a new species.

Jochum, Adrienne; Bochud, Estée; Haberthür, David; Lee, Harry G; Hlushchuk, Ruslan; Portell, Roger W (2023). Fossil Carychiidae (Eupulmonata, Ellobioidea) from the Lower Pleistocene Nashua Formation of Florida, with the description of a new species. Zookeys, 1167, pp. 89-107. Pensoft Publishers 10.3897/zookeys.1167.102840

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Recent fossil shell mining for a new rail line in the Orlando area of Orange County, Florida has uncovered two species of the ellobioid genus Carychium O. F. Müller, 1773 in a bed of freshwater marl from the Lower Pleistocene Nashua Formation. To taxonomically interpret these finds, the well-preserved shells were imaged via high-resolution X-ray tomography (micro-CT) to view significant internal diagnostic characters such as the columellar configuration and the degree of lamellar sinuosity and their relationship in context to the entire shell. The image data are compared to that of type material and extant and fossil Carychium species inhabiting the SE USA, Mexico, Central America, and Jamaica. Based on these results, the species Carychiumfloridanum G. H. Clapp, 1918 and Carychiumnashuaensesp. nov. are identified from fossil shells dating from the Early Pleistocene. This work documents the first fossil members of C.floridanum and the first fossil Carychium from the SE USA.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

09 Interdisciplinary Units > Microscopy Imaging Center (MIC)
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy > Topographical and Clinical Anatomy
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE)

UniBE Contributor:

Haberthür, David, Hlushchuk, Ruslan

Subjects:

500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1313-2989

Publisher:

Pensoft Publishers

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

27 Jun 2023 11:43

Last Modified:

16 Nov 2023 15:35

Publisher DOI:

10.3897/zookeys.1167.102840

PubMed ID:

37363734

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Central Florida Orlando Pleistocene computer tomography freshwater marl mollusc assemblage

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/184151

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/184151

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