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
Bivalvia | |
Nucula placentina nut clam | |
Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814 clam | |
Hiatella aff. arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Callista taurorugosa venus clam | |
"Pecchiolina argentea" = Pecchiolia argentea
"Pecchiolina argentea" = Pecchiolia argentea Savi and Meneghini 1850 clam | |
"Cardites cf. antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cardita squamulosa clam | |
Glycymeris cf. pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
"Radula lima" = Lima
"Radula lima" = Lima file clam | |
Chlamys harveri scallop
Pecten grayi scallop | |
Scaphopoda | |
Gastropoda | |
Haustator turris turret shell
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
Peyrotia desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell | |
Pachycrommium scalaris snail | |
Hipponix sulcatus hoof shell | |
Natica crassiuscula, Polinices proredemptus, Neverita josephinia, "Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris, Euspira catena, "Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina
Natica crassiuscula moon snail
Polinices proredemptus moon snail
Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
"Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris Sacco 1890 moon snail
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig 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 | |
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 | |
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry | |
Erato voluta, "Erato subcypreola" = Erato subcypraeola
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail
"Erato subcypreola" = Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny 1852 snail | |
"Cypraeorbis fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina, Zonarina haueri, "Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum
"Cypraeorbis fabagina" = Prozonarina fabagina Lamarck 1810 cowry
Zonarina haueri Michelotti 1847 cowry
"Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum Brocchi 1814 cowry | |
Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Conus aquensis, Conus basteroti, Conus cf. berghausi, Conus brocchii, Conus canaliculatus, Conus conoponderosus, Conus oblongoturbinatus, Conus pelagicus, "Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi
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
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell | |
Borsonia prima snail
Genota hirsuta snail
Pseudotoma bonellii Bellardi 1839 snail
Bathytoma cataphracta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Clavatula consimilis snail
Clavatula cf. pretiosa Bellardi 1847 snail | |
"Terebra basteroti" = Strioterebrum basteroti Nyst 1843 auger snail
Terebra neglecta auger snail
Terebra hoernesi auger snail | |
Gemmula subcoronata turrid
"Pleurotoma pinguis" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma stricta" = Turris turrid | |
Persicula sabatica snail | |
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute
Lyria magorum volute | |
"Murex aquitanicus" = Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus, Thais arata, Thais haemastomoides, Thais tuberculata, Hexaplex subasperrima
"Murex aquitanicus" = Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus Grateloup 1833 murex snail
Thais arata murex snail
Thais haemastomoides murex snail
Thais tuberculata murex snail
Hexaplex subasperrima murex snail | |
Glabella longa margin shell
Glabella taurinensis margin shell | |
Morum verrucosum snail | |
Ancilla pusilla olive snail
Olivella clavula olive snail
Oliva cylindracea olive snail
Oliva ceppiensis olive snail
Oliva longispira olive snail | |
Amalda patula, "Ancilla obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
Amalda patula snail
"Ancilla obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Vexillum rectiplicata ribbed mitre | |
Pseudolatirus concinnus snail
Latirus carinatus snail
Latirus crassus snail
Latirus lynchi snail
Fusinus multiliratus snail | |
Cantharus liratus true whelk
Neptunea glomoides true whelk
Euthria adunca true whelk
Euthria longirostra true whelk
Phos citharella true whelk | |
"Alia curta" = Pyrene (Alia), Mitrella crassilabris
"Alia curta" = Pyrene (Alia) dovesnail
Mitrella crassilabris snail | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
Nerita gigantea, "Nerita martiniana" = Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana
Nerita gigantea snail
"Nerita martiniana" = Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana Bonci et al. 2000 snail | |
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail | |
Astraea carinata snail | |
Architectonica caracollosimplex sundial | |
Ringicula bonelli snail | |
Retusa testiculina snail |