Villa Forzano, Torvino Hills (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.0° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.5° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: N8 foram zone, Baldissero Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy, calcareous conglomerate and calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: M. Zunino and G. Pavia. 2009. Lower to Middle Miocene Mollusc assemblages from the Torino Hills (NW Italy): Synthesis of new data and chronostratigraphical arrangement. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 115(3):349-370 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178114: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 19.04.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Europicardium miorotundatum Sacco 1899 cockle
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Persististrombus bonellii Brongniart 1823 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais parvula murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla pusilla olive snail
Ancilla sowerbyi olive snail
Oliva bellardi olive snail
Oliva cylindracea olive snail
Oliva ceppiensis olive snail
Olivella longispira olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
"Turricula dimidiata" = Turricula, "Surcula bardini" = Turricula, "Surcula perlonga" = Turricula, Clavatula excavata, Clavatula gothica, Clavatula cf. pretiosa
"Turricula dimidiata" = Turricula snail
"Surcula bardini" = Turricula snail
"Surcula perlonga" = Turricula snail
Clavatula cf. pretiosa Bellardi 1847 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus puschi" = Plagioconus puschi Michelotti 1857 cone shell
Conus basteroti cone shell
Conus bitorosus cone shell
Conus belus cone shell
Conus brocchii cone shell
Conus dujardinii cone shell
Conus gastriculus cone shell
Conus obesus cone shell
Conus pelagicus cone shell
Conus ponderosus cone shell
"Conus antidiluvianus" = Conilithes antidiluvianus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra hoernesi" = Terebra, "Subula plicaria" = Terebra
"Terebra hoernesi" = Terebra auger snail
"Subula plicaria" = Terebra auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Turris vermicularis" = Turris, "Pleurotoma citima" = Turris, "Pleurotoma coronifera" = Turris, Gemmula stricta, Gemmula spiralis
"Turris vermicularis" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma citima" = Turris turrid
"Pleurotoma coronifera" = Turris turrid
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Euthria intermedia true whelk
Phos citharella true whelk
Exilioidea ordita true whelk
Neptunea glomoides true whelk
Janiopsis labrosa true whelk
Babylonia eburnoides Matheron 1842 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra arata mitre shell
Mitra sismondae mitre shell
Mitra taeniolata mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Gyrineum giganteum triton shell
Gyrineum tuberosum triton shell
"Bufonaria marginata" = Aspa marginata Gmelin 1791 triton shell
Sassia borsoni triton shell
Cymatium borsoni triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Personidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Trona lyncoides Brongniart 1823 cowry
Schilderia taurovalis Sacco 1894 cowry
"Zonarina brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii Deshayes 1844 cowry
Fossacypraea extusdentata Sacco 1894 cowry
Mandolina rhomboidalis Grateloup 1847 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana
"Cypropterina duclosiana" = Jenneria duclosiana Basterot 1825 Jenner's Cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
Sphaerocypraea ovulina Grateloup 1833 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica crassiuscula, "Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris, Euspira catena, "Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina
"Polinices submamillaris" = Euspira submamillaris Sacco 1890 moon snail
Euspira catena da Costa 1778 moon snail
"Natica epiglottina" = Cochlis epiglottina Lamarck 1804 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell
Peyrotia desmarestina Basterot 1825 turret shell
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae