Capo Colonnan, Molluskan assemblages associated with rhodoliths: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Jujubinus striatus (Linnaeus 1767)
Gibbula ardens
Gibbula adriatica
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum (da Costa 1778)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania hirta
Rissoina bruguieri (Payraudeau 1826)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella rustica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Raphitoma echinata
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus bubonius
Persististrombus latus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Talochlamys multistriata (Poli 1795)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Arca tetragona Poli 1795
recombined as Tetrarca tetragona
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris glycymeris (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parvicardium pinnulatum (Conrad 1831)
recombined as Goethemia pinnulata
Plagiocardium papillosum (Poli 1781)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita senegalensis
Angiospermae - Alismatales - Posidoniaceae
Posidonia indet. Konig 1805
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 17.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.0° North, 17.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: rudstone
Secondary lithology: packstone
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Review of previously published collections. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for fish. NOMENCLATURE: Not a authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:166074
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-02-03 10:12:39 Last modified:2015-02-03 10:12:39
Access level:authorizer only Released:2015-05-03 10:12:39
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

54276. V. A. Bracchi, R. Nalin, and D. Basso. 2014. Paleoecology and dynamics of coralline dominated facies during a Pleistocene transgressive–regressive cycle (Capo Colonna marine terrace, Southern Italy). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 414:296-309 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]