Where: Italy (45.0° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 7.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: N8 foram zone, Baldissero Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandy, calcareous conglomerate and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Primary reference: M. Zunino and G. Pavia. 2009. Lower to Middle Miocene Mollusc assemblages from the Torino Hills (NW Italy): Synthesis of new data and chronostratigraphical arrangement. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115(3):349-370 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178114: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.04.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gegania miocenica snail | |
Nerita gigantea snail | |
Peyrotia desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell | |
Pachycrommium scalaris snail | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum, Trochocerithium turritum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail
Trochocerithium turritum snail | |
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
Cymatium borsoni, Gyrineum giganteum, Gyrineum tuberosum, "Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata, Sassia borsoni
Cymatium borsoni triton shell
Gyrineum giganteum triton shell
Gyrineum tuberosum triton shell
"Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
Sassia borsoni triton shell | |
Cypraecassis cypraeformis, Galeodea sconsioides, Galeodea taurinensis, Semicassis saburon, Semicassis variabilis
Galeodea sconsioides snail
Galeodea taurinensis snail
Semicassis saburon snail
Semicassis variabilis snail | |
Distorsio tortuosa snail | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
Sphaerocypraea ovulina Grateloup 1833 snail | |
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry | |
Trona lyncoides, "Zonarina brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii, Schilderia taurovalis, Fossacypraea extusdentata, Mandolina rhomboidalis
Trona lyncoides Brongniart 1823 cowry
"Zonarina brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii Deshayes 1844 cowry
Schilderia taurovalis Sacco 1894 cowry
Fossacypraea extusdentata Sacco 1894 cowry
Mandolina rhomboidalis Grateloup 1847 cowry | |
Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch | |
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail | |
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute | |
Morum verrucosum snail | |
Thais inaequicostata murex snail
Thais parvula murex snail | |
Ancilla pusilla, Ancilla sowerbyi, Oliva bellardi, Oliva cylindracea, Oliva ceppiensis, Olivella longispira
Ancilla pusilla olive snail
Ancilla sowerbyi olive snail
Oliva bellardi olive snail
Oliva cylindracea olive snail
Oliva ceppiensis olive snail
Olivella longispira olive snail | |
Fusus semirugosus snail
Nassarius badensis snail
Nassarius exiguus snail
Nassarius sublaevigatus snail | |
Euthria abbreviata, Euthria intermedia, Phos citharella, Janiopsis labrosa, Exilioidea ordita, Neptunea glomoides, Babylonia eburnoides
Euthria abbreviata true whelk
Euthria intermedia true whelk
Phos citharella true whelk
Janiopsis labrosa true whelk
Exilioidea ordita true whelk
Neptunea glomoides true whelk
Babylonia eburnoides Matheron 1842 true whelk | |
Mitrella crassilabris snail | |
Genota hirsuta snail
Borsonia prima snail | |
Gemmula stricta, Gemmula spiralis, "Turris vermicularis" = Turris, "Pleurotoma citima" = Turris, "Pleurotoma coronifera" = Turris
Gemmula stricta turrid
Gemmula spiralis turrid
"Turris vermicularis" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma citima" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma coronifera" = Turris turrid | |
"Turricula dimidiata" = Turricula, "Surcula bardini" = Turricula, "Surcula perlonga" = Turricula, Clavatula excavata, Clavatula gothica, Clavatula cf. pretiosa
"Turricula dimidiata" = Turricula snail
"Surcula bardini" = Turricula snail
"Surcula perlonga" = Turricula snail
Clavatula excavata snail
Clavatula gothica snail
Clavatula cf. pretiosa Bellardi 1847 snail | |
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi, "Conus antidiluvianus" = Conilithes antidiluvianus, Conus basteroti, Conus bitorosus, Conus belus, Conus brocchii, Conus canaliculatus, Conus dujardinii, Conus gastriculus, Conus obesus, Conus pelagicus, Conus ponderosus
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
"Conus antidiluvianus" = Conilithes antidiluvianus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
Conus basteroti cone shell
Conus bitorosus cone shell
Conus belus cone shell
Conus brocchii cone shell
Conus canaliculatus cone shell
Conus dujardinii cone shell
Conus gastriculus cone shell
Conus obesus cone shell
Conus pelagicus cone shell
Conus ponderosus cone shell | |
Cancellaria contorta snail
Admete dregeri admete | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Natica crassiuscula, "Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina, Euspira catena, "Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris
Natica crassiuscula moon snail
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail
"Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris Sacco 1890 moon snail | |
Hipponix sulcatus hoof shell | |
Astraea carinata snail | |
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Europicardium miorotundatum Sacco 1899 cockle |