Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 10.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. Bondi and L. Sandrucci. 1949. Su alcuni Moluschi pliocenici della Val d'Era (Toscana) e su alcune anomalie di sviluppo [Pliocene molluscs from the Era Valley (Toscana)]. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A 56:1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72303: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sexangulum tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina, Chama gryphoides
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Meretrix (Cardiopsis) islandicoides venus clam
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Chione multilamella venus clam | |
"Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata, Cardium (Ringicardium) hians
"Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Cardium (Ringicardium) hians Spengler 1799 cockle | |
"Aloidis gibba" = Corbula
"Aloidis gibba" = Corbula clam | |
"Cardita (Glans) intermedia" = Glans (Glans) intermedia
"Cardita (Glans) intermedia" = Glans (Glans) intermedia Brocchi 1814 clam | |
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
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"Arca (Anadara) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
"Arca (Anadara) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica Defrance 1820 snail | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail | |
Pleurotoma (Turris) turricula Montagu 1803 turrid | |
Cantharus (Pollia) plicatus true whelk | |
"Nassa (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassa (Amycla) gigantula" = Nassarius gigantulus
"Nassa (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassa (Amycla) gigantula" = Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840 snail | |
Tritonalia (Hadriania) craticulata, "Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus
Tritonalia (Hadriania) craticulata Brocchi 1814 murex snail
"Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
"Cancellaria (Sveltia) varicosa" = Sveltia
"Cancellaria (Sveltia) varicosa" = Sveltia snail | |
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata, "Polynices (Neverita) josephinus" = Neverita
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail
"Polynices (Neverita) josephinus" = Neverita moon snail | |
"Vermetus intortus" = Petaloconchus intortus
"Vermetus intortus" = Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis, "Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell |