Natuurtijdschriften

Toegang tot tijdschriften over de Nederlandse natuur

The gastropod fauna of the Luchtbal Sand Member (Antwerp region, Belgium) is listed based on the collections of the IRSNB, and new material collected in Doel (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) and Antwerp. Fourteen species are new for the Pliocene of Belgium; one species is described as new: Capulus deurganckensis nov. sp. Xenophora scaldensis Glibert, 1958 is redescribed and a lectotype is designated. The total fauna amounts to 157 gastropod species, which make the Luchtbal Member the most species-rich Pliocene unit of Belgium. Only 29% of these species are still living today, which is insufficient for actualistic palaeoecological reconstructions. 46% of the species are endemic to the Pliocene or to the Neogene of the North Sea Basin.