Velerín Carretera, Estepona: Piacenzian, Spain
collected by Landau & Marquet

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Copulabyssia corrugata
1 specimen
Thielea helicoides
Janssen 2004
Peraclis bispinosa
Janssen 2004
Peraclis triacantha
Janssen 2004
Gastropoda
Ansates pellucidum
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea virginea
50 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliotropis peregrina
31 specimens
Danilia sublimata
3 specimens
Danilia rosa
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia tingitana
2 specimens
Tricolia entomocheila
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Cirsonella romettensis
50 specimens
Parviturbo cf. sphaeroides
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma miliaris
1 specimen
Calliostoma opisthostenus
1 specimen
Trochaclis versiliensis
5 specimens
Microgaza fischeri
34 specimens
Microgaza cuadrae
50 specimens
Microgaza cf. taurinensis
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella amabilis
50 specimens
Solariella wareni
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Homalopoma mamilla
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae
Anatoma umbilicata
50 specimens
Anatoma crispata (Fleming 1828)
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Lepetellidae
Lepetella laterocompressa
25 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Addisoniidae
Addisonia excentrica
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora graeca (Linnaeus 1758)
6 specimens
Rimula capuliformis
50 specimens
Emarginula adriatica
5 specimens
Emarginula tuberculosa
8 specimens
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Heliconoides inflata (Orbigny 1836)
Janssen 2004
recombined as Limacina trochiformis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Clio (Clio) pyramidata Linnaeus 1767
Janssen 2004
Clio (Bellardiclio) cuspidata Bosc 1802
Janssen 2004
Cavolinia floridana
Janssen 2004
Cavolinia landani
Janssen 2004
Cavolinia vendryesiana Ujihara 1996
Janssen 2004
synonym of Cavolinia marginata
Styliola subula (Quoy and Gaimard 1827)
Janssen 2004
Cuvierina (Cuvierina) ludbrooki
Janssen 2004
Cuvierina (Cuvierina) astesana (Rang 1829)
Janssen 2004
Diacria trispinosa (de Blainville 1821)
Janssen 2004
Gastropoda - Cocculinidae
Cocculina adunca
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Atlantidae
Protatlanta rotundata (Gabb 1873)
Janssen 2004
Atlanta sp. Lesueur 1817
Janssen 2004
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Echinophoria intermedia (Brocchi 1814)
Landau et al. 2004 1 specimen
recombined as Echinophoria intermedium
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna galea (Linnaeus 1758)
Landau et al. 2004 2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Simnialena cf. oryzagrana Dolin 1991
Landau and Fehse 2004 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Erato pernana Sacco 1894
Landau and Fehse 2004 7 specimens
recombined as Erato (Eratopsis) pernana
Hespererato cocconii Schilder 1933
Landau and Fehse 2004 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia candidula (Gaskoin 1836)
Landau and Fehse 2004 5 specimens
Trivia sphaericulata (Lamarck 1810)
Landau and Fehse 2004 1 specimen
Trivia coccinelloides (de Sowerby 1823)
Landau and Fehse 2004 3 specimens
recombined as Trivia (Trivia) coccinelloides
Trivia acuminata Schilder 1932
Landau and Fehse 2004 3 specimens
Cleotrivia esteponica Fehse and Landau 2002
Landau and Fehse 2004 6 specimens
Erato elongata Seguenza 1880
Landau and Fehse 2004 15 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius pseudoserratus
Landau et al. 2009
Nassarius elatus
Landau et al. 2009
Nassarius oblongus
Landau et al. 2009
Nassarius serrulus
Landau et al. 2009
Nassarius turbinellus
Landau et al. 2009
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterynotus swainsoni (Michelotti 1841)
Landau et al. 2007 6 individuals
Favartia absona
Landau et al. 2007 2 individuals
Typhis (Hirtotyphis) horridus
Landau et al. 2007 14 individuals
Murexsul constantiae
Landau et al. 2007 2 individuals
Pagodula vaginata
Landau et al. 2007 10 individuals
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) alternicosta
Landau et al. 2007 1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Spain
Coordinates: 36.4° North, 5.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.5° North, 5.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
Stage:Piacenzian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Piacenzian
Age range of interval:3.60000 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 4 m thick section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Gray sandy clay to clayey sand. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not specificially stated in text. Siliciclastic, but could be from nearshore-deep water range of settings.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Rock censused:5 kg
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Landau & Marquet
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Landau and Marquet. REPOSITORY: Landau personal collection, Marquet personal collection, and possivly the Institut. Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique.
Taxonomic list comments: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.
Metadata
Database number:80558
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy, K. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-26 11:39:52 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-04-26 11:39:52
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

27100. 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]

Secondary references:

27104 A. W. Janssen. 2004. Holoplanktonic molluscan assemblages (Gastropoda, Heteropoda, Thecosomata) from the Pliocene of Estepona (Spain, Málaga). Paleontos 5:103-131 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
27103 B. Landau, A. Beu, and R. Marquet. 2004. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 5: Tonnoidea, Ficoidea. Paleontos 5:35-102 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
27102 B. Landau and D. Fehse. 2004. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 3: Trivioidea, Cypraeoidea. Paleontos 5:1-34 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]
36524 B. Landau, R. Houart, and C. Marques Silva. 2007. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 7: Muricidae. Palaeontos 11:1-87 [A. Hendy/K. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36521 B. Landau, C. Marques da Silva, and C. Gili. 2009. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 8: Nassariidae. Palaeontos 17:1-101 [A. Hendy/K. Hendy/A. Hendy]