Where: Italy (45.0° N, 7.7° 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 178114: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Astraea carinata snail | |
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail | |
Pachycrommium scalaris snail | |
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell
Peyrotia desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Hipponix sulcatus hoof shell | |
Oliva bellardi, Oliva cylindracea, Oliva ceppiensis, Ancilla pusilla, Ancilla sowerbyi, Olivella longispira
Oliva bellardi olive snail
Oliva cylindracea olive snail
Oliva ceppiensis olive snail
Ancilla pusilla olive snail
Ancilla sowerbyi olive snail
Olivella longispira olive snail | |
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute | |
Thais inaequicostata murex snail
Thais parvula murex snail | |
Morum verrucosum snail | |
Euthria abbreviata, Euthria intermedia, Babylonia eburnoides, Phos citharella, Exilioidea ordita, Neptunea glomoides, Janiopsis labrosa
Euthria abbreviata true whelk
Euthria intermedia true whelk
Babylonia eburnoides Matheron 1842 true whelk
Phos citharella true whelk
Exilioidea ordita true whelk
Neptunea glomoides true whelk
Janiopsis labrosa true whelk | |
Fusus semirugosus snail
Nassarius badensis snail
Nassarius exiguus snail
Nassarius sublaevigatus snail | |
Mitrella crassilabris snail | |
Admete dregeri admete
Cancellaria contorta snail | |
Gemmula stricta, Gemmula spiralis, "Turris vermicularis" = Turris, "Pleurotoma citima" = Turris, "Pleurotoma coronifera" = Turris
Gemmula stricta turrid
Gemmula spiralis turrid
"Turris vermicularis" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma citima" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma coronifera" = Turris turrid | |
Clavatula excavata, Clavatula gothica, Clavatula cf. pretiosa, "Turricula dimidiata" = Turricula, "Surcula bardini" = Turricula, "Surcula perlonga" = Turricula
Clavatula excavata snail
Clavatula gothica snail
Clavatula cf. pretiosa Bellardi 1847 snail
"Turricula dimidiata" = Turricula snail
"Surcula bardini" = Turricula snail
"Surcula perlonga" = Turricula snail | |
Conus basteroti, Conus bitorosus, Conus belus, Conus brocchii, Conus canaliculatus, Conus dujardinii, Conus gastriculus, Conus obesus, Conus pelagicus, Conus ponderosus, "Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi, "Conus antidiluvianus" = Conilithes antidiluvianus
Conus basteroti cone shell
Conus bitorosus cone shell
Conus belus cone shell
Conus brocchii cone shell
Conus canaliculatus cone shell
Conus dujardinii cone shell
Conus gastriculus cone shell
Conus obesus cone shell
Conus pelagicus cone shell
Conus ponderosus cone shell
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
"Conus antidiluvianus" = Conilithes antidiluvianus Bruguière 1792 cone shell | |
Genota hirsuta snail
Borsonia prima snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Sphaerocypraea ovulina Grateloup 1833 snail | |
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry | |
Fossacypraea extusdentata, "Zonarina brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii, Schilderia taurovalis, Mandolina rhomboidalis, Trona lyncoides
Fossacypraea extusdentata Sacco 1894 cowry
"Zonarina brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii Deshayes 1844 cowry
Schilderia taurovalis Sacco 1894 cowry
Mandolina rhomboidalis Grateloup 1847 cowry
Trona lyncoides Brongniart 1823 cowry | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail | |
Distorsio tortuosa snail | |
Semicassis saburon, Semicassis variabilis, Galeodea sconsioides, Galeodea taurinensis, Cypraecassis cypraeformis
Semicassis saburon snail
Semicassis variabilis snail
Galeodea sconsioides snail
Galeodea taurinensis snail | |
Cymatium borsoni, Gyrineum giganteum, Gyrineum tuberosum, "Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata, Sassia borsoni
Cymatium borsoni triton shell
Gyrineum giganteum triton shell
Gyrineum tuberosum triton shell
"Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
Sassia borsoni triton shell | |
Euspira catena, "Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris, Natica crassiuscula, "Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail
"Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris Sacco 1890 moon snail
Natica crassiuscula moon snail
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Trochocerithium turritum, "Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
Trochocerithium turritum snail
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Gegania miocenica snail | |
Nerita gigantea snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Europicardium miorotundatum Sacco 1899 cockle |