Flabellipecten flabelliformis assemblage zone, Crete: Zanclean, Greece

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum (Montagu 1803)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Zaria) subangulata
Turritella (Torculoidella) bicarinata (Elchwald 1830)
original and current combination Turritella bicarinata
subsp. bicarinata
Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata (Brocchi 1814)
subsp. communis
Turritella (Torculoidella) triplicata
original and current combination Archimediella (Torculoidella)
Archimediella (Torculoidella) spirata (Brocchi 1814)
recombined as Archimediella (Torculoidella) spiratus
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium (Cladiothericium) varicosum
subsp. transiens
Cerithium (Thericium) italicum Mayer 1878
recombined as Thericium italicum
subsp. dertonensis
Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum (Bruguière 1789)
subsp. miospina
Cerithium (Thericium) europaeum Mayer 1878
recombined as Thericium europaeum
subsp. europaeum
Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) crenatum
synonym of Thericium
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Neverita) josephinia (Risso 1826)
recombined as Neverita josephinia
Neverita olla (De Serres 1829)
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata Sacco 1890
and subsp. tigrina and magnopunctata
Lunatia catena
subsp. helicina
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Strombus) coronatus Defrance 1827
recombined as Persististrombus coronatus
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais (Chenopus) uttigerianus
Aporrhais (Aporrhais) alata
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Dolium (Cadium) orbiculatum
synonym of Tonna
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum
Cymatium (Lampusia) affine
synonym of Monoplex
subsp. friedbergi
Charonia (Sassia) apenninica (Sassi 1827)
recombined as Sassia apenninica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Athleta) ficulina (Lamarck 1811)
subsp. rarispina
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus
original and current combination Typhinellus
Hadriania craticulata (Brocchi 1814)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Vexillum) plicatulum (Brocchi 1814)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Terebra) acuminata
subsp. acuminata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris (Turris) aquensis
Turris (Turris) rotata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Rhijoconus) ponterosus
subsp. ponterosus
Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus
spelled with current rank as Conus (Chelyoconus)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Clavus (Drillia) allionii Bellardi 1877
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula (Clavatula) calcarata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella (Mitrella) semicandata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus (Fusus) longirostris
Hinia (Uzita) limata
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita)
Nassa (Uzita) inaequicostata
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Uzita)
Nassa (Hinia) incrassata (Müller 1773)
recombined as Nassarius incrassatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Euthria (Euthria) cornea
Nassa (Nassa) musiva
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitraria (Mitraria) ambigua
subsp. ambigua
Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata Brocchi 1814
recombined as Cancilla scrobiculata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Narona (Sveltia) dertovaricosa
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi (Michelotti 1847)
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Lemintina arenaria
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck 1818)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Jamachus) crepidula (Linnaeus 1758)
subsp. unguis
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella (Patella) ferruginea
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata Morlet 1954
synonym of Ringicula minor
subsp. pauluciae
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea (Bolma) meynardi
original and current combination Bolma
Astraea (Bolma) rugosa (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Bolma rugosus
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora (Lucapina) italica (Defrance 1820)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte fusca
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia (Cardita) antiquata (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cardites antiquata
Beguina (Glans) rudista
original and current combination Glans
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Clavagellidae
Clavagella (Stripulina) baccilum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria (Psammophila) oblonga (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
Dosinia (Orbiculus) lupinus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Dosinia lupina
subsp. austriaca
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama placentina
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium paucicostatum
Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus 1758
Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata (Linnaeus 1767)
Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cerastoderma edule
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonta navicularis (Brocchi 1814)
recombined as Neopycnodonte navicularis
Pycnodonta germanitala
corrected as Pycnodonte
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea iphigeniae
Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis Linnaeus 1758
original and current combination Ostrea edulis
subsp. adriatica
Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa (Brocchi 1814)
synonym of Ostrea edulis
Ostrea (Ostrea) fimbriata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna pectinata Linnaeus 1758
subsp. plioastenis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula (Saintiopsis) laevis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus crassicostata
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys radians (Nyst and Westendorp 1839)
recombined as Aequipecten radians
Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
subsp. audouini and laevigatoides
Flabellipecten alessii
Flabellipecten bosniaskii
Flabellipecten flabelliformis
Flabellipecten nigromagnus
Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli 1795)
Hinnites ercolaniana
Hinnites crispus (Brocchi 1814)
Chlamys (Macrochlamys) latissima
Chlamys angelonii
Chlamys bollenensis
Chlamys zenonis
Chlamys (Manupecten) pesfelis
Chlamys varia (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Amussium cristatum
corrected as Amusium
Amussium (Pseudamussium) oblongum
corrected as Amusium
Chlamys multistriata (Poli 1795)
recombined as Talochlamys multistriata
Pecten benedictus
Pecten jacobaeus
Pecten reghiensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata (Linnaeus 1758)
Arca (Anadara) noae Linnaeus 1758
Arca (Andara) diluvii Lamarck 1805
recombined as Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) bimaculata
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) inflatus
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) violascens
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cor (Lamarck 1805)
see common names

Geography
Country:Greece
Coordinates: 35.2° North, 25.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.2° North, 25.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Zanclean 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Zanclean
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 3.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kourtes
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Zanclean, Globorotalia puncticulata zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Secondary lithology: lithified sandstone
Lithology description: sandy beds alternating with white greyish marls, sandy marls, breccias and sandstones
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:72318
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-06-01 06:24:08 Last modified:2007-06-01 09:24:08
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-01 06:24:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24517.1% 7740M. 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]