Val d'Era, Ghizzano, Pisa: Pliocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sexangulum
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella tricarinata King 1832
synonym of Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis (Brocchi 1814)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus intortus Lamarck 1818
recombined as Petaloconchus intortus
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus 1758)
Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso 1826)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Tritonalia (Hadriania) craticulata (Brocchi 1814)
Murex erinaceus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Ocenebra erinaceus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassa (Uzita) limata
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita)
Nassa (Amycla) gigantula (Bonelli in Michelotti 1840)
recombined as Nassarius gigantulus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus (Pollia) plicatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma (Turris) turricula (Montagu 1803)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Sveltia) varicosa
original and current combination Sveltia
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata Sacco 1890
Polynices (Neverita) josephinus
original and current combination Neverita
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella italica Defrance 1820
recombined as Diodora (Diodora) italica
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758
var. lamellosa
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys varia (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Arca (Anadara) pectinata Gmelin 1791
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Aloidis gibba
synonym of Corbula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix (Cardiopsis) islandicoides
Dosinia lupinus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Dosinia lupina
Chione multilamella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphina Lamarck 1819
recombined as Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
var. mioasperella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium echinatum Linnaeus 1767
recombined as Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata
Cardium (Ringicardium) hians Spengler 1799
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita (Glans) intermedia Brocchi 1814
recombined as Glans (Glans) intermedia
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 10.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.4° North, 10.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified "shale"
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:72303
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-31 04:30:01 Last modified:2007-05-31 07:30:01
Access level:the public Released:2007-05-31 04:30:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
24515.1% 20980F. Bondi and L. Sandrucci. 1949. Su alcuni Moluschi pliocenici della Val d'Era (Toscana) e su alcune anomalie di sviluppo [Pliocene molluscs from the Era Valley (Toscana)]. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A 56:1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]