Perunika Village (Eocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Khaskovo, Bulgaria (41.5° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 36.9° N, 22.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Petrova, E. Mehmed, I. Mollov, D. Georgiev, and I. Velcheva. 2012. Molluscs (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Bivalvia) from The Upper Eocene of Perunika Village (East Rhodopes, Bulgaria) – Preliminary Results. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 4:233-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170995: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 30.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Tympanotonus calcaratus Brongniart 1823 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Globularia vapincana" = Ampullina vapincana d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Globularia sp. Swainson 1840 snail
Globularia grossa Deshayes 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Terebellum sp. Röding 1798 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma bulbiforme Lamarck 1803 snail
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Globularia sigaretina" = Ampullaria sigaretina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae