Luchtbal (Pliocene of Belgium)

Where: Antwerp, Belgium (51.3° N, 4.4° E: paleocoordinates 51.4° N, 4.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Luchtbal Sand Member (Lillo Formation), Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Luchtbal Sand Mbr, Lillo Fm, which overlies the Kattendijk Fm and is overlain by the Oorderen Mbr of the Lillo Fm. AGE: Late Zanclean. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From multiple beds within member.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• DISTRIBUTION: Siliciclastic shallow marine environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not specified, but apparently sandstone from figured specimens. LITHIFICATION: Not specified, but poorly-lithified based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Presumably, but not stated to be R. Marquet (1990's-present). REPOSTORY: KBIN, not detailed.

Primary reference: M. Glibert. 1958. Gastropodes du Diestien, du Scaldisien et du Merxemien de la Belgique. 2ème Note. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique 34(1):1-36 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179597: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 21.06.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited, only includes families specified in particular taxonomic treatments. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with species and subgenus-level assignments.
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Opalia (Pliciscala) obtusicostata, "Scala (Nobiliscala) foliacea" = Epitonium (Scala), "Scala (Clathrus) subulata" = Clathrus
"Scala (Nobiliscala) foliacea" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
Scala (Nobiliscala) foliacea belgica
"Scala (Clathrus) subulata" = Clathrus wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) incrassata Sowerby 1814 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato (Erato) cypraeola Brocchi 1814 snail
Erato (Erato) cypraeola britannica
Trivia retusa Sowerby 1823 snail
"Trivia coccinelloides" = Trivia (Trivia) coccinelloides de Sowerby 1823 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ovulidae
Neosimnia leathesi Sowerby 1825 snail
Neosimnia leathesi scaldisia
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
Erato (Eratopsis) pernana Sacco 1894 snail
Erato (Eratopsis) pernana exmaugeriae, Erato (Eratopsis) pernana scaldisia
 Sorbeoconcha - Velutinidae
Velutina virgata Wood 1848 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
"Trichotropis (Ariadna) borealis" = Trichotropis borealis
"Trichotropis (Ariadna) borealis" = Trichotropis borealis Broderip and Sowerby 1829 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Newtoniellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis tubercularis Montagu 1803 snail
Cerithiopsis tubercularis tubercularis, Cerithiopsis tubercularis subulata
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus belgicus Glibert 1949 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula Wood 1848 snail
Turbonilla (Pyrgolidium) internodula harmeri
Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838 snail
 Heterostrophia -