Parque Antena, Estepona: Piacenzian, Spain
collected by Landau & Marquet

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Thielea helicoides
Janssen 2004
Peraclis triacantha
Janssen 2004
Gastropoda - Cocculinidae
Cocculina adunca
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia apenninica (Sassi 1827)
Landau et al. 2004 6 specimens
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Echinophoria intermedia (Brocchi 1814)
Landau et al. 2004 4 specimens
recombined as Echinophoria intermedium
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna galea (Linnaeus 1758)
Landau et al. 2004 3 specimens
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Erato pernana Sacco 1894
Landau and Fehse 2004 30 specimens
recombined as Erato (Eratopsis) pernana
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Apiocypraea parvoastensis (Sacco 1894)
Landau and Fehse 2004 1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Promurex) spinicosta (Bronn 1831)
Landau et al. 2007 1 individual
Siphonochelus fistulosus
Landau et al. 2007 3 individuals
Jaton sowerbyi
Landau et al. 2007 1 individual
Typhis (Hirtotyphis) horridus
Landau et al. 2007 2 individuals
Favartia absona
Landau et al. 2007 2 individuals
Typhinellus labiatus
Landau et al. 2007 2 individuals
Muricopsis (Muricopsis) alternicosta
Landau et al. 2007 19 individuals
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius elatus
Landau et al. 2009
Nassarius turbinellus
Landau et al. 2009
Gastropoda - Solariellidae
Solariella amabilis
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Homalopoma mamilla
12 specimens
Bolma castrocarensis
3 specimens
Bolma fimbriata
6 specimens
Bolma granosa Borson 1821
1 specimen
Bolma rugosa (Linnaeus 1767)
1 specimen
recombined as Bolma rugosus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma miliaris
12 specimens
Calliostoma granulatum
4 specimens
Calliostoma opisthostenus
3 specimens
Calliostoma scutiformis
4 specimens
Phorcus richardi
16 specimens
Clanculus verai
2 specimens
Jujubinus montagui
1 specimen
Jujubinus annamarieae
38 specimens
Gibbula magus
50 specimens
Gibbula pliosubcinctus
4 specimens
Callumbonella paolucciae
1 specimen
Microgaza fischeri
8 specimens
Microgaza cuadrae
32 specimens
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Danilia sublimata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Addisoniidae
Addisonia excentrica
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Lepetellidae
Lepetella laterocompressa
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824
2 specimens
Sinezona cingulata
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae
Anatoma umbilicata
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Agariste juliencilisi
1 specimen
Emarginula adriatica
1 specimen
Diodora gibberula (Lamarck 1822)
9 specimens
Diodora italica (Defrance 1820)
7 specimens
Diodora graeca (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae
Heliconoides inflata (Orbigny 1836)
Janssen 2004
recombined as Limacina trochiformis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Diacria trispinosa (de Blainville 1821)
Janssen 2004
Cavolinia vendryesiana Ujihara 1996
Janssen 2004
synonym of Cavolinia marginata
Cuvierina (Urceolaria) inflata
Janssen 2004
Cuvierina (Cuvierina) astesana (Rang 1829)
Janssen 2004
Styliola subula (Quoy and Gaimard 1827)
Janssen 2004
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 section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray poorly lithified sandy claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clays, indurated towards top. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and facies description.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not stated specifically in text, but a shallow marine siliciciclastic setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
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:80563
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy, K. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-26 12:12:27 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-04-26 12:12:27
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]