Livornesi Mountains, Luppiano fossil assemblages, Tuscany: Tortonian - Messinian, Italy

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida cf. pygmaea (Grateloup 1838)
1 specimen
Parthenina indistincta (Montagu 1808)
2 specimens
Parthenina terebellum (Philippi 1844)
1 specimen
Brachystomia cf. carrozzai (van Aartsen 1987)
2 specimens
Nisosyrnola concava (Boettger 1907)
18 specimens
Henrya wareni Landau et al. 2013
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala pointeli (deFolin 1868)
31 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula minor (Grateloup 1838)
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula dertosulcata (Sacco 1896)
62 specimens
Gibbula monterosatoi (Sacco 1896)
79 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Retusa truncatula (Bruguiere 1792)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina lajonkaireana (Basterot 1825)
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium deshayesi Cerulli Irelli 1912
82 specimens
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Granulolabium tuberculiferum (Cocconi 1873)
500 specimens
Granulolabium bicinctum (Brocchi 1814)
74 specimens
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Thericium italicum (Mayer 1878)
500 specimens
Thericium europaeum (Mayer 1878)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania cf. granosa Tabanelli et al. 2011
3 specimens
Alvania cf. cioppii Chirli 2006
1 specimen
Setia turriculata Monterosato 1884
13 specimens
Pusillina sp. Monterosato 1884
43 specimens
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia frauenfeldi (Hoernes 1865)
400 specimens
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Tornus subcarinatus (Lozouet 1998)
11 specimens
Gastropoda - Stenothyridae
Stenothyrella schwartzi (Frauenfeld 1856)
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Tritia coloratus (Eichwald 1830)
4 specimens
Tritia agatensis (Bellardi 1882)
24 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula sotterii (Michelotti 1847)
3 specimens
Clavatula coppii Bellardi 1877
28 specimens
Clavatula mystica (Bellardi 1877)
41 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Heteropurpura dertonensis (Mayer 1873)
8 specimens
Hexaplex austriacus (Tournouer 1875)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Lembulus pella
25 specimens
spelled with current rank as Leda (Lembulus)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
Pododesmus patelliformis (Linnaeus 1773)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara firmata (Mayer 1868)
3 fragments
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Lasaeidae
Phascoliophila phascolionis (Dautzenberg and Fischer 1925)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Leptonidae
Lepton squamosum (Montague 1803)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cerastoderma glaucum (Poiret 1789)
200 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
32 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Clausinella sp. Gray 1851
100 specimens
Gouldia minima (Montagu 1803)
25 specimens
recombined as Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Hemilepton nitidum (Turton 1822)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula birostrata Trentanove 1901
58 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Microloripes dentatus
1300 specimens
reassigned as Lucina (Microloripes)
see common names

Geography
Country:Italy
Coordinates: 43.5° North, 10.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.3° North, 10.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Tortonian - Messinian
Age range of interval:11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: late Tortonian - earliest Messinian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: mudstone
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:207782
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-02-06 09:45:17 Last modified:2020-02-07 01:53:08
Access level:the public Released:2020-02-06 09:45:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

71685. 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]