Oligocene marine Date Mussel from Plaznica brook near Polj ica, West Slovenia

In paper the bivalve of species Lithophaga ornatissima (Mayer-Eymar, 1886) is described,found in a corallite in Oligocene beds of the Plaznica creek at Polj ica near Podnart.This is the first find of this litophaga species in Slovenia. In literature no finds of fossil date mussels are mentioned from surroundings of Polj{ica in Upper Carniola.