Where: Italy (39.0° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.9° N, 16.4° E)
• coordinate based on political unit
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Early Pleistocene sediments that immediately overlie crystalline basement. THICKNESS: From single bed within section of ~10 m. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed, unconformably ~ 50 cm above 2.5 m thick bed of calcareous sandstone, overlying basement crystalline breccia.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• COLLECTOR: Presumably Bellomo. REPOSITORY: Not stated (in English), but possibly Instituto di Geologia Universitá di Urbino.
Primary reference: E. Bellomo. 1993. Presenza di «Ospiti boreali» (Mollusca, Gastropoda) nel Pleistocene di Contrada Case Alte (Villa S. Giovanni). Bollettino della Societá Paleontologica Italiana 32(3):393-399 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 78312: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Tricolia pullus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Homalopoma sanguineum snail | |
Clanculus corallinus, Clanculus jussieui, Clanculus cruciatus, Monodonta articulata, Gibbula ardens, Gibbula fanulum, Gibbula magus, Gibbula rarilineata, Gibbula richardi, Gibbula tumida, Jujubinus montagui, Jujubinus sp., Jujubinus tumidulus, Jujubinus striatus, Calliostoma laugeri, Calliostoma zizyphinum
Clanculus corallinus top snail
Clanculus jussieui top snail
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Monodonta articulata top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula magus top snail
Gibbula rarilineata top snail
Gibbula richardi top snail
Gibbula tumida top snail
Jujubinus montagui top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
Jujubinus tumidulus top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Calliostoma laugeri top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
Danilia tinei snail | |
Emarginula adriatica, Emarginula solidula, Emarginula rosea, Emarginula fissura, Diodora graeca, Diodora gibberula
Emarginula adriatica snail
Emarginula solidula snail
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail
Emarginula fissura Linnaeus 1758 snail
Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail | |
Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824 snail | |
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera Philippi 1844 snail | |
Haliotis lamellosa abalone | |
Epitonium commune wentletrap | |
Melanella polita snail
Balcis antiflexa snail | |
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
Bittium lacteum cerith snail
Bittium jadertinum cerith snail
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail
Cerithium lividulum cerith snail | |
Turritella turbona turret shell | |
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail | |
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Buccinum undatum, Buccinum humphreysianum, Chauvetia minima, Chauvetia lineolata, "Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis)
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Buccinum humphreysianum Bennet 1825 true whelk
Chauvetia minima true whelk
Chauvetia lineolata true whelk
"Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk | |
Nassarius cuvierii, Nassarius edwardsii, "Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia), "Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia), Cyclope donovani
Nassarius cuvierii snail
Nassarius edwardsii snail
"Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
"Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
Cyclope donovani snail | |
Fusinus rudis snail | |
Bellaspira septangularis snail
Cythara albida snail | |
Raphitoma hystrix snail
Raphitoma philberti snail | |
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha snail | |
Hyalina secalina margin shell | |
Ocinebrina aciculata murex snail
Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Muricopsis cristata murex snail
Muricopsis diadema murex snail | |
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail
Trivia arctica Pultenay 1799 snail | |
Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Payraudeautia intricata Donovan 1804 moon snail
Natica rizzae moon snail | |
Rissoa variabilis, "Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona), "Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina), Rissoina bruguierei
Rissoa variabilis snail
"Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona) snail
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina) snail
Rissoina bruguierei snail | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Turbonilla lactea snail | |
Ovatella myosotis Draparnaud 1805 snail | |
Retusa semisulcata snail | |
Limacina retroversa snail | |
Patella lusitanica limpet
Patella caerulea Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella aspera" = Patella ulyssiponensis aspera Röding 1798 limpet | |
Acmaea virginea limpet | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Williamia gussonii pulmonate | |
Bivalvia | |
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, Striarca lactea
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Striarca lactea clam | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Limopsis anomala clam | |
Anomia ephippium, "Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians Gmelin 1792 file clam | |
Chlamys glabra, Chlamys psefelis, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten jacobeus, Aequipecten opercularis
Chlamys glabra scallop
Chlamys psefelis scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten jacobeus scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Musculus subpictus mussel | |
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Anodontia fragilis, "Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
Anodontia fragilis clam
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam | |
Pseudochama gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima, Timoclea ovata, Irus irus, Clausinella fasciata, Venus lamellosa
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Timoclea ovata Pennant 1777 venus clam
Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
Clausinella fasciata da Costa 1778 venus clam
Venus lamellosa venus clam | |
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam | |
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
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"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam |