Also known as Astiagan
Where: Italy (44.9° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 8.2° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: MPL5 foram zone, Sabbie di Asti Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)
• Astian or Astien of old literature.
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. M. Glibert. 1963. Les Mesogastropoda Fossiles du Cenozoïque étranger des Collections de L'Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoire, 10th sériés 69:1-305 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178457: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Amaea (Clathroscala) cancellata, Turriscala (Turriscala) torulosa, Scala (Fuscoscala) tenuicosta, "Amaea (Acrilla) bronni" = Acrilla, Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) pumiceum
Amaea (Clathroscala) cancellata Brocchi 1814 wentletrap
Turriscala (Turriscala) torulosa wentletrap
Scala (Fuscoscala) tenuicosta wentletrap
"Amaea (Acrilla) bronni" = Acrilla wentletrap
Cirsotrema (Cirsotrema) pumiceum wentletrap | |
Niso eburnea Risso 1826 snail
Melanella (Baicis) alba snail | |
Crepidula (Janacus) crepidula Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Potamides (Ptychopotamides) tricinctus Brocchi 1814 horn snail | |
Tenagodus (Tenagodus) obtusus Schumacher 1817 snail | |
Fossarus costatus snail | |
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum, "Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina Partsch 1856 cerith snail | |
Turritella subangulata, Turritella varicosa, Turritella tornata, "Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata, "Turritella vermicularis" = Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis
Turritella varicosa turret shell
Turritella tornata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell Turritella tricarinata tricarinata
"Turritella vermicularis" = Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell | |
Sinum (Sinum) striatum, Euspira helicina, Neverita (Neverita) josephinia, Natica (Natica) pseudoepiglottina, Natica (Natica) millepunctata, Tectonatica tectula
Sinum (Sinum) striatum moon snail
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Natica (Natica) millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail
Tectonatica tectula Sacco 1890 moon snail | |
Cingnla (Hyala) vitrea snail
Capulus (Capulus) ungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Triphora (Triphora) perversa" = Triphora perversa
"Triphora (Triphora) perversa" = Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) tubercularis Montagu 1803 snail | |
Lacuna (Pseudocirsope) basterotina periwinkle | |
Alvania (Turbona) cf. sculpta, "Alvania (Turbona) reticulata" = Onoba carpenteri, Rissoina (Rissoina) pusilla, Rissoina (Zebinella) decussata
"Alvania (Turbona) reticulata" = Onoba carpenteri Weinkauff 1885 snail Alvania (Turbona) reticulata acinus
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Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
"Bursa (Bufonariella) nodosa" = Bursa scrobilator
"Bursa (Bufonariella) nodosa" = Bursa scrobilator Linnaeus 1758 frog shell | |
"Argobuccinum (Ranella) olearium" = Ranella olearium
"Argobuccinum (Ranella) olearium" = Ranella olearium Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cypraecassis pseudocrumena, Galeodea echinophora, Semicassis (Semicassis) laevigata, "Semicassis (Echinophoria) intermedia" = Echinophoria intermedium
Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) intermedia" = Echinophoria intermedium Brocchi 1814 snail | |
"Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica, ? Cymatium (Gutturnium) heptagonuin, "Cymatium (Monoplex) affine" = Monoplex, "Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex, "Cymatium (Monoplex) doderleini" = Monoplex, "Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus, "Aspa marginaux" = Gyrineum (Aspa)
"Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827 triton shell
? Cymatium (Gutturnium) heptagonuin triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) affine" = Monoplex triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) doderleini" = Monoplex triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell
"Aspa marginaux" = Gyrineum (Aspa) triton shell | |
Malea orbiculata tun shell | |
"Schilderia utriculata" = Schilderia utricolata, Schilderia longiscata, "Zonarina porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus
"Schilderia utriculata" = Schilderia utricolata Lamarck 1810 cowry
Schilderia longiscata Mayer 1875 cowry | |
Hespererato cocconii Schilder 1933 snail | |
Erato (Erato) cypraeola, "Erato (Erato) elongata" = Erato elongata, "Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dorsolaevigata" = Niveria dorsolaevigata
Erato (Erato) cypraeola Brocchi 1814 snail
"Erato (Erato) elongata" = Erato elongata Seguenza 1880 snail
"Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dorsolaevigata" = Niveria dorsolaevigata Cocconi 1873 snail | |
"Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) parvoastensis" = Apiocypraea parvoastensis
"Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) parvoastensis" = Apiocypraea parvoastensis Sacco 1894 snail | |
Ficus (Ficus) geometra, "Ficus (Ficus) cingulatus" = Ficus (Ficus) cingulata
Ficus (Ficus) geometra fig shell
"Ficus (Ficus) cingulatus" = Ficus (Ficus) cingulata Bronn 1856 fig shell | |
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus, Strombus bubonius
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch
Strombus bubonius conch | |
Xenophora infundibulum carrier shell | |
Tornus miotaurinensis snail | |
Thericium crenatocoronatum, Thericium crenatum, Thericium procrenatum, Thericium varicosum, Thericium (Pithocerithium) doliolum, Thericium europaeum, Thericium vulgatum
Thericium crenatum snail
Thericium procrenatum snail
Thericium varicosum snail
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) brocchii" = Fimbriatella, Mathilda (Mathilda) quadricarinata
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) brocchii" = Fimbriatella snail
Mathilda (Mathilda) quadricarinata Brocchi 1814 snail | |