Contrada Case Alte (Pleistocene of Italy)

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

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated (in English), but probably a very shallow marine, siliciclastic setting.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Cross-bedded sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified based on facies description, sample size, and age.

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

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and consistent identifications to species resolution.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Tricolia pullus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Clanculus cruciatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Gibbula ardens top snail
Gibbula fanulum top snail
Gibbula magus top snail
Gibbula richardi top snail
Gibbula tumida top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
Jujubinus striatus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Calliostoma zizyphinum Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula rosea Bell 1824 snail
Emarginula fissura Linnaeus 1758 snail
Diodora graeca Linnaeus 1758 snail
Diodora gibberula Lamarck 1822 snail
 Lepetellida - Scissurellidae
Scissurella costata d'Orbigny 1824 snail
 Lepetellida - Anatomidae
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera
"Scissurella aspera" = Anatoma aspera Philippi 1844 snail
 Lepetellida - Haliotidae
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium lacteum cerith snail
Bittium jadertinum cerith snail
Bittium reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail
Cerithium lividulum cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella turbona turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
Buccinum humphreysianum Bennet 1825 true whelk
Chauvetia minima true whelk
"Trophonopsis muricatus" = Neptunea (Trophonopsis) true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Hinia limata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
"Hinia incrassata" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene scripta Lamarck 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitromorphidae
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha
"Mitrolumna olivoidea" = Mitromorpha snail
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Hyalina secalina margin shell
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Muricopsis cristata murex snail
Muricopsis diadema murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato voluta Montagu 1803 snail
Trivia arctica Pultenay 1799 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus hungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Payraudeautia intricata Donovan 1804 moon snail
Natica rizzae moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Rissoa variabilis, "Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona), "Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina), Rissoina bruguierei
"Turbona cimex" = Alvania (Turbona) snail
"Galeodina carinata" = Alvania (Galeodina) snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Truncatellidae
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 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Ovatella myosotis Draparnaud 1805 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella caerulea Linnaeus 1758 limpet
"Patella aspera" = Patella ulyssiponensis aspera Röding 1798 limpet
 Patellida - Lottiidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia barbata" = Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris glycymeris Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Limopsidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium, "Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle
"Pododesmus squamula" = Heteranomia squamula Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians
"Lima hians" = Limaria (Limaria) hians Gmelin 1792 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolula phaseolina Philippi 1844 mussel
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Ctena decussata" = Codakia (Ctena) decussata Costa 1829 clam
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"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
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula elliptica Brown 1827 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Plagiocardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina balaustina Linnaeus 1767 tellin clam
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 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia costulata" = Gari (Psammobia) clam
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803 clam
 Solenida - Solenidae
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis
"Ensis ensis" = Solen ensis Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica, "Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica
"Hiatella arctica" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
"Hiatella rugosa" = Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Digitaria digitaria Linnaeus 1758 clam
Astarte sulcata Da Costa 1778 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
"Nucula nucleus" = Nucula (Nucula) nucleus Linnaeus 1758 nut clam