Contrada Case Alte (Pleistocene of Italy)
Where: Italy (39.0° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Early Pleistocene sediments that immediately overlie crystalline basement. THICKNESS: From single bed within section of ~10 m. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed, unconformably ~ 50 cm above 2.5 m thick bed of calcareous sandstone, overlying basement crystalline breccia.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated (in English), but probably a very shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cross-bedded sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on facies description, sample size, and age.
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Presumably Bellomo. REPOSITORY: Not stated (in English), but possibly Instituto di Geologia Universitá di Urbino.
Primary reference: E. Bellomo. 1993. Presenza di «Ospiti boreali» (Mollusca, Gastropoda) nel Pleistocene di Contrada Case Alte (Villa S. Giovanni). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 32(3):393-399 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78312: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and consistent identifications to species resolution.
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| Bivalvia | |
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Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
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Musculus subpictus mussel | |
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Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians Gmelin 1792 file clam | |
Anomia ephippium, "Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Aequipecten opercularis, Chlamys glabra, Chlamys psefelis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, Pecten jacobeus, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Chlamys glabra scallop
Chlamys psefelis scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Pecten jacobeus scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Striarca lactea
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Striarca lactea clam | |
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Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Limopsis anomala clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata, Anodontia fragilis, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
Anodontia fragilis clam
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
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Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
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Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, Clausinella fasciata, Venus lamellosa, Irus irus, Timoclea ovata
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam
Venus lamellosa venus clam
Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam | |
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Pseudochama gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
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Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam | |
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam | |
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Acmaea virginea limpet | |
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Patella lusitanica limpet
"Patella aspera" = Patella ulyssiponensis aspera Röding 1798 limpet
Patella caerulea Linnaeus 1758 limpet | |
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Retusa semisulcata snail | |
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Limacina retroversa snail | |
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Tricolia pullus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Homalopoma sanguineum snail | |
Clanculus corallinus, Clanculus jussieui, Clanculus cruciatus, Monodonta articulata, Jujubinus montagui, Jujubinus sp., Jujubinus tumidulus, Jujubinus striatus, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula magus, Gibbula rarilineata, Gibbula richardi, Gibbula tumida, Calliostoma laugeri, Calliostoma zizyphinum
Clanculus corallinus top snail
Clanculus jussieui top snail
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Monodonta articulata top snail
Jujubinus montagui top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
Jujubinus tumidulus top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula magus top snail
Gibbula rarilineata top snail
Gibbula richardi top snail
Gibbula tumida top snail
Calliostoma laugeri top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
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Danilia tinei snail | |
Diodora gibberula, Diodora graeca, Emarginula adriatica, Emarginula solidula, Emarginula fissura, Emarginula rosea
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail
Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Emarginula adriatica snail
Emarginula solidula snail
Emarginula fissura Linnaeus 1758 snail
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail | |
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera Philippi 1844 snail | |
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Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824 snail | |
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Haliotis lamellosa abalone | |
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Turbonilla lactea snail | |
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Ovatella myosotis Draparnaud 1805 snail | |
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Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Williamia gussonii pulmonate | |
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Epitonium commune wentletrap | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
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Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina), "Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona), Rissoina bruguierei, Rissoa variabilis
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina) snail
"Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona) snail
Rissoina bruguierei snail
Rissoa variabilis snail | |
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Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
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Payraudeautia intricata Donovan 1804 moon snail
Natica rizzae moon snail | |
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Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail
Trivia arctica Pultenay 1799 snail | |
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Cythara albida snail
Bellaspira septangularis snail | |
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Raphitoma hystrix snail
Raphitoma philberti snail | |
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha snail | |
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Hyalina secalina margin shell | |
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Ocinebrina aciculata murex snail
Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Muricopsis cristata murex snail
Muricopsis diadema murex snail | |
Chauvetia minima, Chauvetia lineolata, Buccinum undatum, Buccinum humphreysianum, "Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis)
Chauvetia minima true whelk
Chauvetia lineolata true whelk
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Buccinum humphreysianum Bennet 1825 true whelk
"Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk | |
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Fusinus rudis snail | |
Cyclope donovani, Nassarius cuvierii, Nassarius edwardsii, "Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia), "Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia)
Cyclope donovani snail
Nassarius cuvierii snail
Nassarius edwardsii snail
"Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
"Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail | |
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Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
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Cerithium lividulum cerith snail
Bittium lacteum cerith snail
Bittium jadertinum cerith snail
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail | |
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Turritella turbona turret shell | |
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Balcis antiflexa snail
Melanella polita snail | |