Where: Italy (39.0° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Early Pleistocene sediments that immediately overlie crystalline basement. THICKNESS: From single bed within section of ~10 m. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed, unconformably ~ 50 cm above 2.5 m thick bed of calcareous sandstone, overlying basement crystalline breccia.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Presumably Bellomo. REPOSITORY: Not stated (in English), but possibly Instituto di Geologia Universitá di Urbino.
Primary reference: E. Bellomo. 1993. Presenza di «Ospiti boreali» (Mollusca, Gastropoda) nel Pleistocene di Contrada Case Alte (Villa S. Giovanni). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 32(3):393-399 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78312: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Musculus subpictus mussel | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians Gmelin 1792 file clam | |
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula, Anomia ephippium
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Chlamys glabra, Chlamys psefelis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten jacobeus, Aequipecten opercularis
Chlamys glabra scallop
Chlamys psefelis scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten jacobeus scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Limopsis anomala clam | |
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Striarca lactea
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Striarca lactea clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803 clam | |
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"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
Pseudochama gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam | |
Clausinella fasciata, Irus irus, Venus lamellosa, Timoclea ovata, "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam
Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Venus lamellosa venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Anodontia fragilis, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Anodontia fragilis clam
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Retusa semisulcata snail | |
Limacina retroversa snail | |
Williamia gussonii pulmonate | |
Turbonilla lactea snail | |
Ovatella myosotis Draparnaud 1805 snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina), "Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona), Rissoa variabilis, Rissoina bruguierei
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina) snail
"Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona) snail
Rissoa variabilis snail
Rissoina bruguierei snail | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Hyalina secalina margin shell | |
Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Ocinebrina aciculata murex snail
Muricopsis cristata murex snail
Muricopsis diadema murex snail | |
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha snail | |
Raphitoma hystrix snail
Raphitoma philberti snail | |
Cythara albida snail
Bellaspira septangularis snail | |
Cyclope donovani, Nassarius cuvierii, Nassarius edwardsii, "Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia), "Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia)
Cyclope donovani snail
Nassarius cuvierii snail
Nassarius edwardsii snail
"Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
"Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail | |
"Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis), Chauvetia minima, Chauvetia lineolata, Buccinum undatum, Buccinum humphreysianum
"Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
Chauvetia minima true whelk
Chauvetia lineolata true whelk
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Buccinum humphreysianum Bennet 1825 true whelk | |
Fusinus rudis snail | |
Trivia arctica Pultenay 1799 snail
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail | |
Natica rizzae moon snail
Payraudeautia intricata Donovan 1804 moon snail | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Epitonium commune wentletrap | |
Balcis antiflexa snail
Melanella polita snail | |
Turritella turbona turret shell | |
Cerithium lividulum cerith snail
Bittium lacteum cerith snail
Bittium jadertinum cerith snail
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail | |
Jujubinus montagui, Jujubinus sp., Jujubinus tumidulus, Jujubinus striatus, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula magus, Gibbula rarilineata, Gibbula richardi, Gibbula tumida, Monodonta articulata, Clanculus corallinus, Clanculus jussieui, Clanculus cruciatus, Calliostoma laugeri, Calliostoma zizyphinum
Jujubinus montagui top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
Jujubinus tumidulus top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula magus top snail
Gibbula rarilineata top snail
Gibbula richardi top snail
Gibbula tumida top snail
Monodonta articulata top snail
Clanculus corallinus top snail
Clanculus jussieui top snail
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Calliostoma laugeri top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Homalopoma sanguineum snail | |
Tricolia pullus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Danilia tinei snail | |
Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824 snail | |
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera Philippi 1844 snail | |
Haliotis lamellosa abalone | |
Diodora gibberula, Diodora graeca, Emarginula adriatica, Emarginula solidula, Emarginula rosea, Emarginula fissura
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail
Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Emarginula adriatica snail
Emarginula solidula snail
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail
Emarginula fissura Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Patella lusitanica limpet
"Patella aspera" = Patella ulyssiponensis aspera Röding 1798 limpet
Patella caerulea Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
Acmaea virginea limpet |