Where: Italy (45.0° N, 7.8° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 7.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: N8 foram zone, Baldissero Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy, calcareous conglomerate and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Zunino and G. Pavia. 2009. Lower to Middle Miocene Mollusc assemblages from the Torino Hills (NW Italy): Synthesis of new data and chronostratigraphical arrangement. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115(3):349-370 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178112: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Nucula placentina nut clam | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam | |
Glycymeris cf. pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Radula lima" = Lima
"Radula lima" = Lima file clam | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pecten grayi scallop
Chlamys harveri scallop | |
"Cardites cf. antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cardita squamulosa clam | |
"Pecchiolina argentea" = Pecchiolia argentea
"Pecchiolina argentea" = Pecchiolia argentea Savi and Meneghini 1850 clam | |
Hiatella aff. arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Callista taurorugosa venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Hipponix sulcatus hoof shell | |
"Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris, Euspira catena, Polinices proredemptus, Neverita josephinia, Natica crassiuscula, "Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina
"Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris Sacco 1890 moon snail
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail
Polinices proredemptus moon snail
Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
Natica crassiuscula moon snail
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Vexillum rectiplicata ribbed mitre | |
Terebra neglecta auger snail
Terebra hoernesi auger snail
"Terebra basteroti" = Strioterebrum basteroti Nyst 1843 auger snail | |
"Pleurotoma pinguis" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma stricta" = Turris turrid
Gemmula subcoronata turrid | |
Clavatula consimilis snail
Clavatula cf. pretiosa Bellardi 1847 snail | |
Borsonia prima snail
Genota hirsuta snail
Pseudotoma bonellii Bellardi 1839 snail
Bathytoma cataphracta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi, Conus aquensis, Conus basteroti, Conus cf. berghausi, Conus brocchii, Conus canaliculatus, Conus conoponderosus, Conus oblongoturbinatus, Conus pelagicus
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
Conus aquensis cone shell
Conus basteroti cone shell
Conus cf. berghausi cone shell
Conus brocchii cone shell
Conus canaliculatus cone shell
Conus conoponderosus cone shell
Conus oblongoturbinatus cone shell
Conus pelagicus cone shell | |
Amalda patula, "Ancilla obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
Amalda patula snail
"Ancilla obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Oliva cylindracea olive snail
Oliva ceppiensis olive snail
Oliva longispira olive snail
Ancilla pusilla olive snail
Olivella clavula olive snail | |
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute
Lyria magorum volute | |
Hexaplex subasperrima, "Murex aquitanicus" = Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus, Thais arata, Thais haemastomoides, Thais tuberculata
Hexaplex subasperrima murex snail
"Murex aquitanicus" = Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus Grateloup 1833 murex snail
Thais arata murex snail
Thais haemastomoides murex snail
Thais tuberculata murex snail | |
Morum verrucosum snail | |
Persicula sabatica snail | |
Glabella longa margin shell
Glabella taurinensis margin shell | |
Latirus carinatus snail
Latirus crassus snail
Latirus lynchi snail
Pseudolatirus concinnus snail
Fusinus multiliratus snail | |
Mitrella crassilabris, "Alia curta" = Pyrene (Alia)
Mitrella crassilabris snail
"Alia curta" = Pyrene (Alia) dovesnail | |
Cantharus liratus true whelk
Phos citharella true whelk
Euthria adunca true whelk
Euthria longirostra true whelk
Neptunea glomoides true whelk | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Sassia appeninica, Sassia borsoni, Sassia granosa, Gyrineum giganteum, Gyrineum elongatum, "Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata
Sassia appeninica triton shell
Sassia borsoni triton shell
Sassia granosa triton shell
Gyrineum giganteum triton shell
Gyrineum elongatum triton shell
"Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata Gmelin 1791 triton shell | |
Semicassis reticulata, Semicassis variabilis, "Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata, Galeodea taurinensis
Semicassis reticulata snail
Semicassis variabilis snail
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata Sacco 1890 snail
Galeodea taurinensis snail | |
Eudolium subfasciatum Sacco 1890 tun shell | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
"Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum, Zonarina haueri, "Cypraeorbis fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina
"Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum Brocchi 1814 cowry
Zonarina haueri Michelotti 1847 cowry
"Cypraeorbis fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina Lamarck 1810 cowry | |
"Erato subcypreola" = Erato subcypraeola, Erato voluta
"Erato subcypreola" = Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny 1852 snail
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail | |
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry | |
Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Pachycrommium scalaris snail | |
Peyrotia desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
Haustator turris turret shell
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell | |
Architectonica caracollosimplex sundial | |
Ringicula bonelli snail | |
Retusa testiculina snail | |
Astraea carinata snail | |
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail | |
Nerita gigantea, "Nerita martiniana" = Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana
Nerita gigantea snail
"Nerita martiniana" = Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana Bonci et al. 2000 snail |