Cassinelle (Oligocene of Italy)

Also known as Galanti

Where: Italy (44.6° N, 8.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.0° N, 7.0° E)

When: Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; fine-grained, conglomeratic sandstone and siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. De Angeli and S. Marangon. 2001. Paralbunea galantensis, nuova specie di anomuro oligocenico del Bacino Ligure-Piemontese )Italia settentrionale. Studi Trentini di Scienze Naturali, (Acta Geologica) 76:99-105 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147003: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 04.07.2013, edited by Pete Wagner and Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Albuneidae
"Paralbunea galantensis" = Zygopa galantensis
"Paralbunea galantensis" = Zygopa galantensis De Angeli and Marangon 2001 decapod
De Angeli and Marangon, 2001
 Decapoda - Raninidae
Alcespina ovadaensis n. gen. n. sp.1
Alcespina ovadaensis n. gen. n. sp.1 Pasini and Garassino 2017 crab
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Trona apenninensis3 Sacco 1894 cowry
Cypraeorbis exsplendens3 Sacco 1894 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia michelottii" = Trivia (Trivia) michelottii3
"Trivia michelottii" = Trivia (Trivia) michelottii3 Dollfus and Dautzenberg 1886 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Pustularia (Jenneria) laeviappenninica n. sp." = Jenneria (Projenneria) laeviappenninica2
"Pustularia (Jenneria) laeviappenninica n. sp." = Jenneria (Projenneria) laeviappenninica2 Sacco 1894 snail