Mouchy (Deshayes collection) (Eocene of France)

Where: France (49.3° N, 2.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 1.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: carbonate

• Calcaire grossier

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: personal collection of Deshayes (specimens apparently now lost)

Primary reference: G. P. Deshayes. 1824. Description des Coquilles Fossiles des Environs de Paris, Tome Second: Mollusques 1-80 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171533: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2015, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
"Nautilus umbilicaris" = Eutrephoceras umbilicare
"Nautilus umbilicaris" = Eutrephoceras umbilicare Deshayes 1835
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella labiata Lamarck 1802 snail
Parmophorus elongatus Lamarck 1802 snail
Parmophorus angustus Deshayes 1824 snail
Emarginula radiola Lamarck 1802 snail
Emarginula costata Lamarck 1802 snail
 Cycloneritida - Helicinidae
Helicina dubia Lamarck 1804 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Tornatella sphaericula" = Semiactaeon sphaericulus
"Tornatella sphaericula" = Semiactaeon sphaericulus Deshayes 1864 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Auricula cytharella Lamarck 1804 snail
  -
Bullaea striata Deshayes 1824 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla conulus Deshayes 1824 snail
Bulla plicata n. sp. Deshayes 1824 snail
Bulla ovulata Lamarck 1804 snail
Bulla cylindroides Deshayes 1824 snail
  -
Bulimus laevigatus n. sp. Deshayes 1824 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Pileopsis spirirostris Lamarck 1802 snail
Pileopsis elegans n. sp. Deshayes 1824 snail
Pileopsis retortella Lamarck 1802 snail
Pileopsis cornucopiae Lamarck 1802 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Vanikoridae
"Pileopsis squamaeformis" = Leptonotis squamaeformis
"Pileopsis squamaeformis" = Leptonotis squamaeformis Lamarck 1802 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea laevigata Deshayes 1824 slipper shell
Calyptraea lamellosa Deshayes 1824 slipper shell