Rio della Batteria, Val Salice, Calli Torinesi (Miocene of Italy)

Where: Italy (45.1° N, 7.7° E: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: NN5 foram zone, Baldissero Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. La Perna. 2016. A revision of the genus Europicardium Popov, 1977 (Bivalvia: Cardiidae) from the European Neogene: tracking palaeogeography and climate changes. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178522: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 06.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Europicardium miorotundatum Sacco 1899 cockle
Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Diacrolinia aurita2 Bellardi 1873 snail
Clio sulcosa2 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea brocchii n. sp." = Prozonarina brocchii1
"Cypraea brocchii n. sp." = Prozonarina brocchii1 Deshayes 1844 cowry