PBDB Collection

Velerín Quarry, Estepona (Pliocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (36.4° N, 5.1° W: paleocoordinates 36.5° N, 5.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Early Piacenzian or Middle Pliocene of Guerra Merchán et al. (2002). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal, gray, sandy claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not specificially stated in text. Siliciclastic, but could be from nearshore-deep water range of settings. Possibly deeper water due to presence of common Yoldiidae, Nuculanidae and Semelidae.

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gray sandy clay to clayey sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Landau & Marquet

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• COLLECTOR: Landau and Marquet. REPOSITORY: Landau personal collection, Marquet personal collection, and possivly the Institut. Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.

Primary reference: B. Landau, R. Marquet, and M. Grigis. 2003. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 1: Vetigastropoda. Paleontos 3:1-87 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80560: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.04.2008, edited by Katherine Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for major groups of gastropods covered in taxonomic treatments. Other major components of fauna (bivalvia) and minor components (e.g. coral) are not included. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus resolution assignments.

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Gastropoda
Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae	Danilia sublimata, Calliotropis peregrina Danilia sublimata snail Calliotropis peregrina snail
Lepetellida - Anatomidae	Anatoma umbilicata, Anatoma crispata Anatoma umbilicata snail Anatoma crispata Fleming 1828 snail
Lepetellida - Addisoniidae	Addisonia excentrica Addisonia excentrica snail
Lepetellida - Lepetellidae	Lepetella laterocompressa Lepetella laterocompressa snail
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Emarginula adriatica, Emarginula rosea, Rimula capuliformis, Diodora gibberula, Diodora graeca Emarginula adriatica snail Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail Rimula capuliformis snail Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Trochoidea - Trochidae	Jujubinus annamarieae, Gibbula magus, Phorcus richardi, Diloma patula, Microgaza cuadrae, Callumbonella paolucciae, Calliostoma miliaris, Calliostoma opisthostenus Jujubinus annamarieae top snail Gibbula magus top snail Phorcus richardi top snail Diloma patula top snail Microgaza cuadrae top snail Callumbonella paolucciae top snail Calliostoma miliaris top snail Calliostoma opisthostenus top snail
Trochoidea - Solariellidae	Solariella amabilis, Solariella wareni Solariella amabilis snail Solariella wareni snail
Trochoidea - Phasianellidae	Tricolia miniata Tricolia miniata snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	Bolma granosa, Homalopoma mamilla Bolma granosa Borson 1821 snail Homalopoma mamilla snail
Trochoidea - Skeneidae	Cirsonella romettensis Cirsonella romettensis snail
Patellida - Lottiidae	Acmaea virginea Acmaea virginea limpet
Neogastropoda - Muricidae	Dermomurex (Trialatella) jani Dermomurex (Trialatella) jani Doderlein 1862 murex snail