Stromboidea

• Strombidae
  • Europrotomus
    • Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884)

Locus typicus: Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania

Stratum typicum: marly sandstone of the lower Badenian, lower Langhian, middle Miocene

Measurement: height: 43.4 mm.

Lectotype: NHMW no. 1867/XIX/72; illustrated in Hoernes and Auinger (1884; pl.19, fig. 7a,b).

Strombus (Monodactylus) Schroeckingeri Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884, pl. XIX, fig. 6 a,b, 7 a, b

Specimens in institutional collections

Strombus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); Badenian, middle Miocene; Lapugiu de Sus (Lapugy), Hunedoara County, Transylvanian Region, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 1855.XLIII.19

Strombus neugeboreni ?; Badenian, middle Miocene; Lapugiu de Sus (Lapugy), Hunedoara County, Transylvanian Region, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 1872.V.25

Strombus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 1867.XIX.72

Strombus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 1867.XIX.72

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 2007z0114/0005

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 2007z0114

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 2007z0114

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 2007z0114

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); early Badenian, middle Miocene; Costeiu de Sus (Kostej), Timis County, Banat Region, Transylvanian Basin, Romania; Coll. NHMW no. 2007z0114

Specimens from private collections

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); lower Lageniden zone, Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; 11/1999; Coll. Gijs Kronenberg no. 6402

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); lower Lageniden zone, Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; Coll. Christian Romanek

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; Coll. Elmar Mai

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; Coll. Elmar Mai

• 1: 47,0 mm
• 2: 43,6 mm
• 3: 50,0 mm; Coll. Virgilio Liverani
• 4: 43,8 mm
• 5: 29,0 mm

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); lower Badenian, middle Miocene; Márkháza, Nógrád County, Hungary; Coll. Tamas Nemeth

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); lower Badenian, middle Miocene; Márkháza, Nógrád County, Hungary; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke

• 1: 38,6 mm
• 2: 13,1 mm
• 3: 22,5 mm

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); lower Badenian, middle Miocene; Márkháza, Nógrád County, Hungary; 61 mm; Coll. Tamas Nemeth

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; Coll. Hermann-Josef Krix

• 1: 46 mm
• 2: 52 mm
• 3: 35 mm

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke

Europrotomus schroeckingeri (Hörnes in Hörnes & Auinger, 1884); Badenian, middle Miocene; Weitendorf, Styria (Steiermark) State, Austria; Coll. Ulrich Wieneke

References:

• Hoernes, R., and M. Auinger. 1884. Die Gastropoden der Meeresablagerungen der ersten und zweiten Mioza¨nen Mediterranstufe in der österreichischen-ungarischen Monarchie. Abhandlungen der k.k. geologischen Reichsanstalt 12: 153–192.
• Harzhauser, Mandic and M. Zuschin, 2003
• Kojumdgieva & Strachimirov, 1960
• Kronenberg, G.C. & Harzhauser, M. 2012. Europrotomus (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Strombidae): a new Middle Miocene European strombid genus (Revision of Euprotomus Gill, 1870. Part 4); Paläontol. Z. (2012) 86: 147.