Villa Allason, Torvino Hills (Miocene of Italy)

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
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella aff. arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
"Pecchiolina argentea" = Pecchiolia argentea
"Pecchiolina argentea" = Pecchiolia argentea Savi and Meneghini 1850 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardites cf. antiquatus" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cf. pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Radula lima" = Lima
"Radula lima" = Lima file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten grayi scallop
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Haustator turris turret shell
Haustator vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
Peyrotia desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
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
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Semicassis miolaevigata" = Phalium (Semicassis) miolaevigata Sacco 1890 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Eudolium subfasciatum Sacco 1890 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
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
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato voluta, "Erato subcypreola" = Erato subcypraeola
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail
"Erato subcypreola" = Erato subcypraeola d'Orbigny 1852 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"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
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aquensis cone shell
Conus basteroti cone shell
Conus brocchii cone shell
Conus pelagicus cone shell
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Pseudotoma bonellii Bellardi 1839 snail
Bathytoma cataphracta Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula cf. pretiosa Bellardi 1847 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra basteroti" = Strioterebrum basteroti Nyst 1843 auger snail
Terebra neglecta auger snail
Terebra hoernesi auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Gemmula subcoronata, "Pleurotoma pinguis" = Turris, "Pleurotoma stricta" = Turris
"Pleurotoma pinguis" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma stricta" = Turris turrid
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex aquitanicus" = Chicoreus (Chicoreus) aquitanicus Grateloup 1833 murex snail
Thais arata murex snail
Thais tuberculata murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Glabella longa margin shell
Glabella taurinensis margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla pusilla olive snail
Olivella clavula olive snail
Oliva cylindracea olive snail
Oliva ceppiensis olive snail
Oliva longispira olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Amalda patula, "Ancilla obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta
"Ancilla obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Neptunea glomoides true whelk
Euthria adunca true whelk
Phos citharella true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Alia curta" = Pyrene (Alia) dovesnail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra indistinta mitre shell
Mitra subangulata mitre shell
Mitra taeniolata mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita martiniana" = Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana Bonci et al. 2000 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae