The Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, southern Spain. Part 23: Colubrariidae, Pisaniidae, Tudiclidae, Nassariidae (in part) (Neogastropoda, Buccinoidea)

In this paper we continue to review the Buccinoidea of the Lower Piacenzian, Upper Pliocene of Estepona, southern Spain, with the description of the families Colubrariidae, Pisaniidae, Tudiclidae and Nassariidae (in part). Fifteen species are recorded within seven genera, of which eight are described as new: Colubraria alboranensis nov. sp., Kanamarua ducoi nov. sp., Metula moli nov. sp., Aplus raveni nov. sp., Euthria iberoadunca nov. sp., Euthria inflatissima nov. sp., Euthria pliovirginea nov. sp. and Euthria pouweri nov. sp., one species is left in open nomenclature. Pisania baetica Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Pisania magna (Foresti, 1868) and Pisania plioalboranensis Lozano-Francisco & Vera-Peláez, 2006 is considered a junior subjective synonym of Pisania plioangustata (Sacco, 1904). The genus Kanamarua Kuroda, 1951 is recognised in the European fossil assemblages for the first time. Just over half (53%) of the species are endemic to the Pliocene Mediterranean Alboran Sea, the rest of the species are also found in the Pliocene of the central Mediterranean Sea. Only one of those Pliocene species survived to the present day. Two species of Euthria from the Atlantic Lower Pliocene Guadalquivir Basin assemblages are described as new: E. lucenica nov. sp. and E. onubensis nov. sp.