Livornesi Mountains, Raquese Unit assemblages, Tuscany (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (43.5° N, 10.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 10.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)

• Early Messinian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; mudstone

• marly 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 207784: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.02.2020

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Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Omniglyptidae
Omniglypta jani Hoernes 1956 tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium inaequale Bronn 1831 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
Myrtina meneghinii De Stefani and Pantanelli 1878 clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Venus nux Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Pitar rudis Poli 1795 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Centrocardita aculeata" = Chama aculeata
"Centrocardita aculeata" = Chama aculeata Poli 1795 jewel box
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia nitida Brocchi 1814 clam
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hexaplex austriacus Tournouer 1875 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail