St. Cassian (Klipstein coll) (Triassic of Italy)

Where: Italy (46.6° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Cassian Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Klipstein; reposited in the NHMW

• Repository: Wiener Hofsmuseums (now NHMW)

Primary reference: E. Kittl. 1891. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. I. Theil. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 6:166-262 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 144632: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.05.2013

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium klipsteini n. sp. Kittl 1891 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
"Promathildia bittneri n. sp." = Cryptaulax bittneri2
"Promathildia bittneri n. sp." = Cryptaulax bittneri2 Kittl 1894 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella subtilestriata n. sp.1 Kittl 1892 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpurina pleurotomaria1 Münster 1841 periwinkle
Purpuroidea crassenodosa2 Kittl 1894 periwinkle
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Coelocentrus pentagonalis Klipstein 1843 snail
 Turbinoidea - Proconulidae
Flemmingia bicarinata Klipstein 1843 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Pachypoma damon" = Bandelastraea damon Laube 1869 snail
Pachypoma calcar Münster 1841 snail
Pachypoma insolitum Kittl 1891 snail
Pachypoma haueri Kittl 1891 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus glandulus Laube 1869 top snail
 Seguenzioidea - Laubellidae
Laubella delicata Laube 1868 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Paleunema nodosa Münster 1841 snail
 Schizogonioidea - Schizogoniidae
Schizogonium laubei n. sp. Kittl 1891 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"? Bucania rumpfi n. sp." = Retispira rumpfi
"? Bucania rumpfi n. sp." = Retispira rumpfi Kittl 1891 snail
 Heterostrophia -
Spirocyclina eucycla2 Laube 1869 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
"Naticopsis telleri n. sp." = Marmolatella telleri1
"Naticopsis telleri n. sp." = Marmolatella telleri1 Kittl 1892 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
"Neritopsis decussata" = Cassianopsis decussata1
"Neritopsis decussata" = Cassianopsis decussata1 Münster 1841 snail
 Neritoina - Tricolnaticopsidae
"Naticopsis uhligi n. sp." = Pachyomphalus uhligi1
"Naticopsis uhligi n. sp." = Pachyomphalus uhligi1 Kittl 1892 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia subtilis n. sp. Kittl 1891 snail
 Murchisoniina - Temnotropidae
Temnotropis suessi n. sp. Kittl 1891 snail