Notes on some gastropods (Mollusca Gastropoda) from the Lower Pliocene of Catalonia, with description of a new species

During the study of the malacofauna (Mollusca Gastropoda) of the Lower Pliocene of the Mediterranean Basin, and in particular that of Catalonia (Spain), the presence of a new species belonging to a genus never previously reported for the Mediterranean Basin was ascertained: Leucozonia barcoi n. sp. (Fasciolariidae). Several rare and interestingl species found in the same locality are also reported: Nerita connectens Fontannes 1880 (Neritidae), Coralliophila cristinae M. Brunetti, 2001 (Muricidae Coralliophilinae), Orania retrospectans (Fontannes, 1882), and Orania fusulus f. davidiana (Fontannes, 1882) (Muricidae Ergalataxinae).