SOME SPECIES OF ECHINOCYTHEREIS PURI, 1954 (CRUSTACEA, OSTRACODA) FROM THE TORTONIAN TO RECENT

D. BARRA and G. BONADUCE

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università di Napoli Federico II, Largo s. Marcellino 10, 80138 Napoli, Italy

Abstract

Four species of Echinocythereis Puri, 1954 have been studied and illustrated. Two previously known species, that is E. echinata (Sars, 1866) and E. scabra (von Münster, 1830) are restudied and discussed. Two species, E. oertliana n. sp. from the Italian Tortonian, and E. vidua n. sp. from the Last Glacial of the Gulf of Naples, are introduced as new.

Key words: Ostracoda, Echinocythereis, Taxonomy, Neogene, Recent, Mediterranean‑Atlantic.

Resumen

Se estudian e ilustran cuatro especies de Echinocythereis Puri, 1954. E. echinata (Sars, 1866) y E. scabra (von Münster, 1830) son revisadas, y se proponen dos nuevas especies, E. oertliana n. sp., del Tortoniense de los Apeninos septentrionales, y E. vidua n. sp., del Pleistoceno del Golfo de Nápoles.

Palabras clave: Ostrácodos, Echinocythereis, Taxonomía, Neógeno, Reciente, Mediterráneo, Atlántico.