Sassello (SV), Tertiary Piedmont Basin (Oligocene to of Italy)

Where: Italy (44.5° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Rupelian to Rupelian (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. Bonci, G. Cirone, B. Merlino and L. Zaliani. 2000. The Oligocene mollusc fauna of the Piedmont Basin (north-western Italy) 1. Scaphopoda and Archaeogastropoda. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 106(2):203-236 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180394: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 15.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates perversus, Nerita (Ritena) cf. plicata, Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana, Nerita (Theliostyla) plutonis, Nerita (Theliostyla) alternans
Velates perversus Gmelin 1791 snail
Nerita (Ritena) cf. plicata Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nerita (Theliostyla) martiniana Bonci et al. 2000 snail
Nerita (Theliostyla) plutonis Basterot 1825 snail
Nerita (Theliostyla) alternans Bonci et al. 2000 snail
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella (? Cymbula) excrenata
Patella (? Cymbula) excrenata Michelotti 1861 limpet
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Patelloida pyramidalis
Patelloida pyramidalis Rovereto 1897 limpet
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
"Gibbula (Gibbula) neglecta" = Lotzia neglecta
"Gibbula (Gibbula) neglecta" = Lotzia neglecta Phillips 1841 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis radula
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Perotrochus sp., Perotrochus isseli
Perotrochus sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Perotrochus isseli Roverato 1900 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbinidae indet., Turbo (Ninella) desidiosus, Turbo (Ninella) multicinctus, Bolma carinata, "Angaria (Angaria) scobina" = Angaria scobina
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Turbo (Ninella) desidiosus Rovereto 1914 snail
Bolma carinata Borson 1821 snail
"Angaria (Angaria) scobina" = Angaria scobina Brongniart 1823 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochidae indet., Tectus insignis, Tectus plicatoides, Clanculus cerberi, Calliostoma boscianum, Gibbula (Phorcus) sp., Gibbula affinis, Gibbula apenninica, "Gibbula (Colliculus) adansoni" = Colliculus adansoni
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail
Tectus insignis Michelotti 1861 top snail
Tectus plicatoides Sacco 1896 top snail
Clanculus cerberi Brongniart 1823 top snail
Calliostoma boscianum Brongniart 1823 top snail
Gibbula (Phorcus) sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula affinis Sacco 1896 top snail
Gibbula apenninica Sacco 1896 top snail
"Gibbula (Colliculus) adansoni" = Colliculus adansoni Payraudeau 1827 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula sp.
Emarginula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Laevidentaliidae
Laevidentalium simplex
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Dentalium) novemcinctum, Antalis bouei, Antalis acuta, Antalis kickxii
Antalis bouei Deshayes 1825 tusk shell
Antalis acuta Hebert 1849 tusk shell
Antalis kickxii Nyst 1843 tusk shell