Les associations de mollusques hypo- oligo- et me´sohalins (biofacie`s du « Lago Mare »), constitue´es par des bivalves des familles des Cardiidae (sous-famille de Lymnocardiinae) et des Dreissenidae et des gastropodes prosobranches des familles des Neritidae, Thiaridae, Melanopsidae, Hydrobiidae, sont tre`s re´pandues dans les bassins pe´rime´diterrane´ens, peu profonds et a` salinite´ re´duite, pendant la phase post-e´vaporitique du Messinien terminal, entre 5,5 et 5,3 Ma. Des associations de ce type, constitue´es par de nombreux genres et espe`ces, sont connues dans les se´diments du Messinien terminal d'Italie. Les gastropodes, lie´s au syste`me des eaux continentales, montrent des caracte`res ende´miques tandis que les Lymnocardiinae et les Dreissenidae pre´sentent de fortes affinite´s avec les faunes de la Parate´thys. La de´couverte d'espe`ces caracte´ristiques de Lymnocardiinae dans les se´diments du Messinien terminal de Toscane, Marche et Sicile, ainsi que la re´vision syste´matique des faunes de´ja` connues dans la litte´rature scientifique indiquent des affinite´s tre`s proches entre les faunes italiennes et celles du Pontien du bassin Dacique. Les donne´es pale´obioge´ographiques qui concernent les Lymnocardiinae du Messinien et du Pontien montrent que le bassin e´ge´en a constitue´ une e´tape interme´diaire de la migration de ces faunes parate´thysiennes du Pontien vers le bassin me´diterrane´en pendant le Messinien terminal. Apre`s la « crise de salinite´ », la formation des bassins marginaux caracte´rise´s par des eaux hypo- oligo- ou me´sohalines, environnements qu'affectionnent les Lymnocardiinae, a permis la dispersion de nombreux e´le´ments parate´thysiens de cette sous-famille dans la re´gion de la Me´diterrane´e.
Rich hypo- to mesohaline molluscan assemblages characterising the latest Messinian ''Lago-Mare'' biofacies, composed of prosobranch gastropods (Neritidae, Thiaridae, Melanopsidae, Hydrobiidae) and bivalves of the families Cardiidae (subfamily Lymnocardiinae) and Dreissenidae, are widespread in shallow water basins characterized by low salinities within the Mediterranean realm, during the post-evaporitic phase in the time-span 5.5-5.3 Ma. Several genera and species are recorded in the Italian uppermost Messinian sediments. While the gastropods show endemic character being linked to continental water-systems, Lymnocardiinae and Dreissenidae have strong Paratethyan affinity. New records of significant species of Lymnocardiinae from the uppermost Messinian sediments of Tuscany, Marches and Sicily and the systematic review of the old literature data point out close relations of the Italian fauna with that from the Pontian sediments of the Dacic Basin. The palaeobiogeographical data referred to Messinian and Pontian Lymnocardiinae suggest that the Aegean Basin could be an intermediate basin from whence the Pontian Paratethyan-type fauna migrated into the Mediterranean area during the latest Messinian. Since the ecology of Lymnocardiinae is mainly tied to oligo- and mesohaline water, spreading of suitable habitats in depositional systems of marginal settings characterized by increasing freshwater influx after the ''salinity crisis'' favoured their dispersal into the Mediterranean area from the Paratethys realm.
Latest Messinian "Lago-Mare" Lymnocardiinae from Italy: Close relations with the Pontian fauna from the Dacic basin.
ESU D
2007
Abstract
Rich hypo- to mesohaline molluscan assemblages characterising the latest Messinian ''Lago-Mare'' biofacies, composed of prosobranch gastropods (Neritidae, Thiaridae, Melanopsidae, Hydrobiidae) and bivalves of the families Cardiidae (subfamily Lymnocardiinae) and Dreissenidae, are widespread in shallow water basins characterized by low salinities within the Mediterranean realm, during the post-evaporitic phase in the time-span 5.5-5.3 Ma. Several genera and species are recorded in the Italian uppermost Messinian sediments. While the gastropods show endemic character being linked to continental water-systems, Lymnocardiinae and Dreissenidae have strong Paratethyan affinity. New records of significant species of Lymnocardiinae from the uppermost Messinian sediments of Tuscany, Marches and Sicily and the systematic review of the old literature data point out close relations of the Italian fauna with that from the Pontian sediments of the Dacic Basin. The palaeobiogeographical data referred to Messinian and Pontian Lymnocardiinae suggest that the Aegean Basin could be an intermediate basin from whence the Pontian Paratethyan-type fauna migrated into the Mediterranean area during the latest Messinian. Since the ecology of Lymnocardiinae is mainly tied to oligo- and mesohaline water, spreading of suitable habitats in depositional systems of marginal settings characterized by increasing freshwater influx after the ''salinity crisis'' favoured their dispersal into the Mediterranean area from the Paratethys realm.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


