Priabona (Eocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.6° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 9.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic relationships. AGE: Priabonian type section, Late Eocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Checklist representative of stage in type area, which is about 90 m thick.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; conglomeratic sandstone and calcareous marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic setting, with moderate turbidity.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Conglomerate and arenaceous horizons grading into marly and calcareous beds. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on survey of literature. REPOSITORY: Not stated in text.

Primary reference: G. Piccoli and E. Savazzi. 1983. Five shallow benthic mollusc faunas from the Upper Eocene (Baron, Priabona, Garoowe, Nanggulan, Takashima). Bollettino della Societa Paleontologica Italiana 22(1-2):31-47 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 78565: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 08.02.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and taxonomic assignments to species resolution.
unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop
Spondylus buchi Philippi 1846 scallop
"Chlamys paueri" = Lentipecten paueri Frauscher 1886 scallop
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
Chlamys tela scallop
Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop
"Pseudamussium solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia tenuistriata Deshayes 1824 jingle
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima rossii file clam
Lima postalensis file clam
"Lima rara" = Lima (Ctenoides) rara Deshayes 1858 file clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Malleidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonte gigantea" = Gigantostrea gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster
Hyotissa cf. hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca biangula Lamarck 1805 ark
"Barbatia appendiculata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam
[entered as Barbatia appendicula]
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris jacquoti Tournouer 1873 clam
Glycymeris dispar Defrance 1826 clam
Glycymeris pulvinata Lamarck 1805 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Venericardia laurae" = Cardita (Venericardia) laurae Brongniart 1823 clam
Venericardia complanata Deshayes 1825 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Solena plagiaulax" = Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax
"Solena plagiaulax" = Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax Cossmann 1886 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gallica" = Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium parisiense d'Orbigny 1850 cockle
Loxocardium obliquum Lamarck 1805 cockle
"Vepricardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum Defrance in Deshayes 1829 cockle
Nemocardium parile Deshayes 1858 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar villanovae venus clam
Meretrix hungarica venus clam
Chione praecursor venus clam
Venus helvetica venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box
Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817 jewel box
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 moon snail
"Natica pasinii" = Tectonatica pasinii Bayan 1870 moon snail
Natica canovae moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix dilata hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Cassis mammillaris Grateloup 1927 snail
"Galeodea nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Tibia goniophora true conch
Tibia spirata true conch
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa Sowerby 1824 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Seraphsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
"Tibia ampla" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea
"Vicetia gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus latissimus cone shell
Conus cf. grateloupi d'Orbigny 1852 cone shell
Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis hortensis murex snail
"Hexaplex spinulosus" = Poirieria (Flexopteron) spinulosa Deshayes 1865 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella crassula margin shell
Marginella perkeo margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutocorbis crenulifera Bayan 1870 volute
"Athleta cithara" = Athleta (Neoathleta) cithara Lamarck 1802 volute
"Athleta ambiguus" = Athleta (Volutospina) ambiguus Solander in Brander 1766 volute
Lyria harpula Lamarck 1802 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes noae Lamarck 1803 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Cantharus polygonus" = Editharus polygonus Lamarck 1803 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus priabonensis, "Ficopsis greenwoodi" = Ficus greenwoodi
"Ficopsis greenwoodi" = Ficus greenwoodi Sowerby 1825 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora agglutinus, "Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans
Xenophora agglutinus carrier shell
"Xenophora cumulans" = Xenophora cummulans Brongniart 1823 carrier shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta
"Calyptraea aperta" = Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
"Scala bryozoophila" = Epitonium (Scala)
"Scala bryozoophila" = Epitonium (Scala) wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella asperula" = Turritella (Haustator) asperula, "Turritella lamarcki" = Haustator praecessus, "Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria, Turritella gradataeformis, "Turritella sulcifera" = Ispharina sulcifera, "Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera, Sigmesalia fasciata, "Vermicularia conica" = Vermicularia (Vermicularia) conica, "Vermicularia polygona" = Vermicularia (Anguillospira) polygona
"Turritella asperula" = Turritella (Haustator) asperula Brogniart 1823 turret shell
"Turritella lamarcki" = Haustator praecessus Defrance 1828 turret shell
"Turritella imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Turritella sulcifera" = Ispharina sulcifera Deshayes 1832 turret shell
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Vermicularia conica" = Vermicularia (Vermicularia) conica Lamarck 1804 turret shell
"Vermicularia polygona" = Vermicularia (Anguillospira) polygona Deshayes 1861 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Clava striata" = Rhinoclavis, "Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium), Bittium semigranosum
"Clava striata" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
"Ptychocerithium lamellosum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) cerith snail
Bittium semigranosum cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata
"Actaeon simulatus" = Tornatellaea simulata Solander 1766 snail
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita tricarinata Lamarck 1804 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae