Where: Greece (35.2° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 25.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kourtes Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Upper Zanclean, Globorotalia puncticulata zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Dermitzakis and E. Georgiades-Dikeoulia. 1987. Biozonation of the Neogene invertebrate megafauna of the Hellenic area. Annales Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 70:125-136 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72318: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata" = Ringicula minor
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Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail | |
"Turritella (Torculoidella) triplicata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella), "Archimediella (Torculoidella) spirata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella) spiratus, "Turritella (Torculoidella) bicarinata" = Turritella bicarinata, Turritella (Zaria) subangulata, Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
"Turritella (Torculoidella) triplicata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella) turret shell
"Archimediella (Torculoidella) spirata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella) spiratus Brocchi 1814 turret shell
"Turritella (Torculoidella) bicarinata" = Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830 turret shell subsp. bicarinata
Turritella (Zaria) subangulata turret shell | |
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"Thericium (Cladiothericium) varicosum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) crenatum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) europaeum" = Thericium europaeum, "Cerithium (Thericium) italicum" = Thericium italicum, Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) crenatum" = Thericium snail | |
Lemintina arenaria worm shell
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
"Cymatium (Lampusia) affine" = Monoplex, Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum, "Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum triton shell
"Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827 triton shell | |
"Dolium (Cadium) orbiculatum" = Tonna
"Dolium (Cadium) orbiculatum" = Tonna tun shell | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
"Strombus (Strombus) coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus
"Strombus (Strombus) coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch | |
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Hadriania craticulata, "Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus" = Typhinellus
Hadriania craticulata Brocchi 1814 murex snail
"Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus" = Typhinellus murex snail | |
Mitraria (Mitraria) ambigua, "Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata" = Cancilla scrobiculata
"Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata" = Cancilla scrobiculata Brocchi 1814 mitre shell | |
Fusus (Fusus) longirostris, "Hinia (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassa (Uzita) inaequicostata" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassa (Hinia) incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus
"Hinia (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassa (Uzita) inaequicostata" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassa (Hinia) incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail | |
Euthria (Euthria) cornea true whelk
Nassa (Nassa) musiva true whelk | |
Clavus (Drillia) allionii Bellardi 1877 snail | |
Turris (Turris) aquensis turrid
Turris (Turris) rotata turrid | |
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Conus (Rhijoconus) ponterosus, "Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)
"Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus" = Conus (Chelyoconus) cone shell | |
Vexillum (Vexillum) plicatulum Brocchi 1814 ribbed mitre | |
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata, Lunatia catena, Neverita olla, "Natica (Neverita) josephinia" = Neverita josephinia
Neverita olla De Serres 1829 moon snail
"Natica (Neverita) josephinia" = Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail | |
"Astraea (Bolma) meynardi" = Bolma, "Astraea (Bolma) rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Astraea (Bolma) meynardi" = Bolma snail
"Astraea (Bolma) rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Diodora (Lucapina) italica Defrance 1820 snail | |
Patella (Patella) ferruginea limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Ostrea iphigeniae, "Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis" = Ostrea edulis, "Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis, Ostrea (Ostrea) fimbriata
Ostrea iphigeniae oyster
"Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
Ostrea (Ostrea) fimbriata oyster | |
"Pycnodonta germanitala" = Pycnodonte, "Pycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis
"Pycnodonta germanitala" = Pycnodonte oyster
"Pycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
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Plicatula (Saintiopsis) laevis scallop | |
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Flabellipecten alessii, Flabellipecten bosniaskii, Flabellipecten flabelliformis, Flabellipecten nigromagnus, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten benedictus, Pecten jacobaeus, Pecten reghiensis, Hinnites ercolaniana, Hinnites crispus, Pseudamussium clavatum, Chlamys (Macrochlamys) latissima, Chlamys angelonii, Chlamys bollenensis, Chlamys zenonis, Chlamys (Manupecten) pesfelis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus, "Amussium cristatum" = Amusium, "Amussium (Pseudamussium) oblongum" = Amusium, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis, "Chlamys radians" = Aequipecten radians, Spondylus crassicostata, Spondylus concentricus, Spondylus gaederopus
Flabellipecten alessii scallop
Flabellipecten bosniaskii scallop
Flabellipecten flabelliformis scallop
Flabellipecten nigromagnus scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten benedictus scallop
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
Pecten reghiensis scallop
Hinnites ercolaniana scallop
Hinnites crispus Brocchi 1814 scallop
Pseudamussium clavatum Poli 1795 scallop
Chlamys (Macrochlamys) latissima scallop
Chlamys angelonii scallop
Chlamys bollenensis scallop
Chlamys zenonis scallop
Chlamys (Manupecten) pesfelis scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Amussium cristatum" = Amusium scallop
"Amussium (Pseudamussium) oblongum" = Amusium scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop subsp. audouini and laevigatoides
"Chlamys radians" = Aequipecten radians Nyst and Westendorp 1839 scallop
Spondylus crassicostata scallop
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cor, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) bimaculata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) inflatus, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) violascens
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cor Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Arca (Anadara) noae, "Arca (Andara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Arca (Anadara) noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca (Andara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Lutraria (Psammophila) oblonga Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella, "Dosinia (Orbiculus) lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Chama placentina jewel box | |
Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata, Cardium paucicostatum, Cardium tuberculatum, "Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule
Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Cardium paucicostatum cockle
Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
"Venericardia (Cardita) antiquata" = Cardites antiquata, "Beguina (Glans) rudista" = Glans
"Venericardia (Cardita) antiquata" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Beguina (Glans) rudista" = Glans clam | |
Astarte fusca clam |