Torrente Stirone (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Parma, Italy (44.9° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.8° N, 10.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Brunetti and G. Vecchi. 2015. La Malacofauna Plio-Pleistocenica del Torrente Stirone Parte IX. Strombidae, Aporrhaiidae, Calyptreidae, Capulidae, Xenophoridae, Vermetidae, Cypraeidae, Eocypraeidae, Triviidae, Eratoidae, Ovulidae, Naticidae. Parva Naturalia 11:61-147 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178922: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Euspira helicina fusca
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora trinacria carrier shell
Stellaria testigera Bronn 1831 carrier shell