Capo Colonnan, Molluskan assemblages associated with rhodoliths (Pleistocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (39.0° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; rudstone and packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Review of previously published collections. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: V. A. Bracchi, R. Nalin, and D. Basso. 2014. Paleoecology and dynamics of coralline dominated facies during a Pleistocene transgressive–regressive cycle (Capo Colonna marine terrace, Southern Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 414:296-309 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 166074: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.02.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not a authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Angiospermae
 Alismatales - Posidoniaceae
Posidonia indet. Konig 1805
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoina bruguieri Payraudeau 1826 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula ardens top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Parvicardium pinnulatum" = Goethemia pinnulata, Plagiocardium papillosum
"Parvicardium pinnulatum" = Goethemia pinnulata Conrad 1831 cockle
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae