Livornesi Mountains, Luppiano fossil assemblages, Tuscany (Miocene to of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian to Tortonian (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• late Tortonian - earliest Messinian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Dominici, M. Forli, C. Bogi, A. Guerrini, and M. Benvenuti. 2020. Paleobiology from Museum collections: comparing historical and novel data on Upper Miocene molluscs of the Livorno Hills. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 126(1):65-109 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 207782: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.02.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara firmata Mayer 1868 ark
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Pododesmus patelliformis Linnaeus 1773 scallop
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Microloripes dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes)
"Microloripes dentatus" = Lucina (Microloripes) clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula birostrata Trentanove 1901 clam
 Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Phascoliophila phascolionis Dautzenberg and Fischer 1925 clam
 Cardiida - Leptonidae
Lepton squamosum Montague 1803 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cerastoderma glaucum Poiret 1789 cockle
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Clausinella sp. Gray 1851 venus clam
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Erycinidae
Hemilepton nitidum Turton 1822 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Lembulus pella" = Leda (Lembulus)
"Lembulus pella" = Leda (Lembulus) pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula monterosatoi Sacco 1896 top snail
Gibbula dertosulcata Sacco 1896 top snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina lajonkaireana Basterot 1825 barrel-bubble
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa truncatula Bruguiere 1792 snail
 Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala pointeli deFolin 1868 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Brachystomia cf. carrozzai van Aartsen 1987 snail
Parthenina terebellum Philippi 1844 snail
Parthenina indistincta Montagu 1808 snail
Chrysallida cf. pygmaea Grateloup 1838 snail
Nisosyrnola concava Boettger 1907 snail
Henrya wareni Landau et al. 2013 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium deshayesi Cerulli Irelli 1912 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium tuberculiferum Cocconi 1873 snail
Granulolabium bicinctum Brocchi 1814 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Thericium europaeum Mayer 1878 snail
Thericium italicum Mayer 1878 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Setia turriculata Monterosato 1884 snail
Pusillina sp. Monterosato 1884 snail
Alvania cf. granosa Tabanelli et al. 2011 snail
Alvania cf. cioppii Chirli 2006 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia frauenfeldi Hoernes 1865 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
Tornus subcarinatus Lozouet 1998 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Stenothyridae
Stenothyrella schwartzi Frauenfeld 1856 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Tritia agatensis Bellardi 1882 snail
Tritia coloratus Eichwald 1830 snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula sotterii Michelotti 1847 snail
Clavatula mystica Bellardi 1877 snail
Clavatula coppii Bellardi 1877 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hexaplex austriacus Tournouer 1875 murex snail
Heteropurpura dertonensis Mayer 1873 murex snail