Asti (Pleistocene of Italy)

Also known as Astiagan

Where: Italy (44.9° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 44.9° N, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MPL5 foram zone, Sabbie di Asti Formation, Gelasian (2.6 - 1.8 Ma)

• Astian or Astien of old literature.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone

• Yellow sands

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. M. Glibert. 1963. Les Mesogastropoda Fossiles du Cenozoïque étranger des Collections de L'Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique. Institute Royale des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Memoire, 10th sériés 69:1-305 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 178457: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 02.05.2016

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Amaea (Clathroscala) cancellata Brocchi 1814 wentletrap
"Amaea (Acrilla) bronni" = Acrilla wentletrap
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Niso eburnea Risso 1826 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Janacus) crepidula Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum, "Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina
Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail
"Bittium (Bittium) spina" = Bittium spina Partsch 1856 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Siliquariidae
Tenagodus (Tenagodus) obtusus Schumacher 1817 snail
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella subangulata turret shell
Turritella subangulata subangulata
Turritella varicosa turret shell
"Turritella tricarinata" = Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
Turritella tricarinata tricarinata
Turritella tornata Brocchi 1814 turret shell
"Turritella vermicularis" = Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Thericium europaeum Mayer 1878 snail
Thericium europaeum bollenensis
Thericium vulgatum Bruguière 1789 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758 snail
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus (Ficus) geometra, "Ficus (Ficus) cingulatus" = Ficus (Ficus) cingulata
"Ficus (Ficus) cingulatus" = Ficus (Ficus) cingulata Bronn 1856 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
"Argobuccinum (Ranella) olearium" = Ranella olearium
"Argobuccinum (Ranella) olearium" = Ranella olearium Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea echinophora Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Semicassis (Echinophoria) intermedia" = Echinophoria intermedium Brocchi 1814 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Aspa marginaux" = Gyrineum (Aspa), "Cymatium (Monoplex) affine" = Monoplex, "Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex, "Cymatium (Monoplex) doderleini" = Monoplex, "Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus, "Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica, ? Cymatium (Gutturnium) heptagonuin
"Aspa marginaux" = Gyrineum (Aspa) triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) affine" = Monoplex triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) distortum" = Monoplex triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) doderleini" = Monoplex triton shell
"Cymatium (Monoplex) parthenopeum" = Monoplex parthenopeus von Salis Marschlins 1793 triton shell
"Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
"Bursa (Bufonariella) nodosa" = Bursa scrobilator
"Bursa (Bufonariella) nodosa" = Bursa scrobilator Linnaeus 1758 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato (Erato) cypraeola, "Erato (Erato) elongata" = Erato elongata, "Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dorsolaevigata" = Niveria dorsolaevigata
Erato (Erato) cypraeola Brocchi 1814 snail
"Erato (Erato) elongata" = Erato elongata Seguenza 1880 snail
"Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dorsolaevigata" = Niveria dorsolaevigata Cocconi 1873 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Eocypraeidae
"Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) parvoastensis" = Apiocypraea parvoastensis
"Eocypraea (Apiocypraea) parvoastensis" = Apiocypraea parvoastensis Sacco 1894 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Schilderia longiscata, "Schilderia utriculata" = Schilderia utricolata, "Zonarina porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus
Schilderia longiscata Mayer 1875 cowry
"Schilderia utriculata" = Schilderia utricolata Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Zonarina porcellus" = Zonaria porcellus Brocchi 1814 cowry
Zonarina porcellus porcellus
 Sorbeoconcha - Eratoidae
Hespererato cocconii Schilder 1933 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora mediterranea carrier shell
Xenophora mediteranea coiiimiitata
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira helicina Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Neverita (Neverita) josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
Neverita (Neverita) josephinia josephinia
Natica (Natica) pseudoepiglottina moon snail
P l a i s a n c i e n .
Natica (Natica) millepunctata Sacco 1890 moon snail
Tectonatica tectula Sacco 1890 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
"Alvania (Turbona) reticulata" = Onoba carpenteri Weinkauff 1885 snail
Alvania (Turbona) reticulata acinus
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis arenarius worm shell
Serpulorbis arenarius arenarius
Petaloconchus (Macrophragma) intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
"Triphora (Triphora) perversa" = Triphora perversa
"Triphora (Triphora) perversa" = Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) brocchii" = Fimbriatella, Mathilda (Mathilda) quadricarinata
"Mathilda (Fimbriatella) brocchii" = Fimbriatella snail