Val d'Era, Ghizzano, Pisa (Pliocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.8° E: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 10.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Bondi and L. Sandrucci. 1949. Su alcuni Moluschi pliocenici della Val d'Era (Toscana) e su alcune anomalie di sviluppo [Pliocene molluscs from the Era Valley (Toscana)]. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali, Memorie, Serie A 56:1-17 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 72303: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica
"Fissurella italica" = Diodora (Diodora) italica Defrance 1820 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell
Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassa (Amycla) gigantula" = Nassarius gigantulus
"Nassa (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassa (Amycla) gigantula" = Nassarius gigantulus Bonelli in Michelotti 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma (Turris) turricula Montagu 1803 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Murex erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Tritonalia (Hadriania) craticulata Brocchi 1814 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Sveltia) varicosa" = Sveltia
"Cancellaria (Sveltia) varicosa" = Sveltia snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polynices (Neverita) josephinus" = Neverita, Natica (Nacca) millepunctata
"Polynices (Neverita) josephinus" = Neverita moon snail
Natica (Nacca) millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Vermetus intortus" = Petaloconchus intortus
"Vermetus intortus" = Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Arca (Anadara) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata
"Arca (Anadara) pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
var. lamellosa
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Aloidis gibba" = Corbula
"Aloidis gibba" = Corbula clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
var. mioasperella
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium echinatum" = Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Cardium (Ringicardium) hians Spengler 1799 cockle
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita (Glans) intermedia" = Glans (Glans) intermedia
"Cardita (Glans) intermedia" = Glans (Glans) intermedia Brocchi 1814 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae