Vetigastropoda and Neritimorpha from the Lower Bajocian of Luxembourg and palaeobiogeography of Aalenian–Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) gastropods of western Europe

Vetigastropod and neritimorph species from Lower Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) sediments of south-western Luxembourg are described. Eighteen species are recognized. Two new genera – Szabotomaria gen. nov. and Fabercapulus gen. nov. – and four new species – Szabotomaria ziqquratiformis sp. nov., Colpomphalus thuyi sp. nov., Colpomphalus tigratus sp. nov. and Fabercapulus semisculptus sp. nov. – are erected. These species, together with other species recently described from the same strata, are part of a diverse assemblage consisting of 32 species belonging to 14 genera in six families and five superfamilies, representing the richest vetigastropod-neritimorph fauna currently known from Bajocian and sub-coeval deposits of western Europe. An analysis of the palaeoecological and palaeobiogeographical relationships of this fauna and those from other areas of the western European shelf was performed using cluster analysis and by comparison of the respective taxonomic structures. The former detected a major cluster ...