Where: Greece (35.2° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.2° N, 25.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Kourtes Formation, Zanclean (5.3 - 3.6 Ma)
• Upper Zanclean, Globorotalia puncticulata zone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. Dermitzakis and E. Georgiades-Dikeoulia. 1987. Biozonation of the Neogene invertebrate megafauna of the Hellenic area. Annales Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 70:125-136 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 72318: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Astraea (Bolma) meynardi" = Bolma, "Astraea (Bolma) rugosa" = Bolma rugosus
"Astraea (Bolma) meynardi" = Bolma snail
"Astraea (Bolma) rugosa" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail | |
Diodora (Lucapina) italica Defrance 1820 snail | |
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Bittium (Bittium) reticulatum Montagu 1803 cerith snail | |
"Turritella (Torculoidella) bicarinata" = Turritella bicarinata, Turritella (Zaria) subangulata, Turritella (Turritella) tricarinata, "Turritella (Torculoidella) triplicata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella), "Archimediella (Torculoidella) spirata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella) spiratus
"Turritella (Torculoidella) bicarinata" = Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830 turret shell subsp. bicarinata
Turritella (Zaria) subangulata turret shell
"Turritella (Torculoidella) triplicata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella) turret shell
"Archimediella (Torculoidella) spirata" = Archimediella (Torculoidella) spiratus Brocchi 1814 turret shell | |
"Thericium (Cladiothericium) varicosum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) italicum" = Thericium italicum, "Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) crenatum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) europaeum" = Thericium europaeum, Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum
"Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) crenatum" = Thericium snail | |
"Strombus (Strombus) coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus
"Strombus (Strombus) coronatus" = Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch | |
"Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata" = Cancilla scrobiculata, Mitraria (Mitraria) ambigua
"Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata" = Cancilla scrobiculata Brocchi 1814 mitre shell | |
Euthria (Euthria) cornea true whelk
Nassa (Nassa) musiva true whelk | |
"Nassa (Hinia) incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus, "Hinia (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita), "Nassa (Uzita) inaequicostata" = Nassarius (Uzita), Fusus (Fusus) longirostris
"Nassa (Hinia) incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail
"Hinia (Uzita) limata" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail
"Nassa (Uzita) inaequicostata" = Nassarius (Uzita) snail | |
Conus (Rhijoconus) ponterosus, "Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)
"Conus (Chelyconus) pelagicus" = Conus (Chelyoconus) cone shell | |
Clavus (Drillia) allionii Bellardi 1877 snail | |
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Turris (Turris) aquensis turrid
Turris (Turris) rotata turrid | |
Vexillum (Vexillum) plicatulum Brocchi 1814 ribbed mitre | |
"Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus" = Typhinellus, Hadriania craticulata
"Typhis (Typhinellus) tetrapterus" = Typhinellus murex snail
Hadriania craticulata Brocchi 1814 murex snail | |
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"Dolium (Cadium) orbiculatum" = Tonna
"Dolium (Cadium) orbiculatum" = Tonna tun shell | |
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum, "Cymatium (Lampusia) affine" = Monoplex, "Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum triton shell
"Charonia (Sassia) apenninica" = Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827 triton shell | |
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell | |
"Natica (Neverita) josephinia" = Neverita josephinia, Neverita olla, Lunatia catena, Natica (Nacca) millepunctata
"Natica (Neverita) josephinia" = Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
Neverita olla De Serres 1829 moon snail | |
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell
Lemintina arenaria worm shell | |
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata" = Ringicula minor
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Patella (Patella) ferruginea limpet | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata, "Arca (Andara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii, Arca (Anadara) noae
Barbatia (Barbatia) barbata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Arca (Andara) diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam
Arca (Anadara) noae Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) bimaculata, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) inflatus, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) violascens, Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cor
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cor Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Plicatula (Saintiopsis) laevis scallop | |
Anomia (Anomia) ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pseudamussium clavatum, Flabellipecten alessii, Flabellipecten bosniaskii, Flabellipecten flabelliformis, Flabellipecten nigromagnus, Hinnites ercolaniana, Hinnites crispus, Chlamys (Macrochlamys) latissima, Chlamys angelonii, Chlamys bollenensis, Chlamys zenonis, Chlamys (Manupecten) pesfelis, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus, "Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata, Pecten benedictus, Pecten jacobaeus, Pecten reghiensis, "Amussium cristatum" = Amusium, "Amussium (Pseudamussium) oblongum" = Amusium, "Chlamys radians" = Aequipecten radians, "Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis, Spondylus crassicostata, Spondylus concentricus, Spondylus gaederopus
Pseudamussium clavatum Poli 1795 scallop
Flabellipecten alessii scallop
Flabellipecten bosniaskii scallop
Flabellipecten flabelliformis scallop
Flabellipecten nigromagnus scallop
Hinnites ercolaniana scallop
Hinnites crispus Brocchi 1814 scallop
Chlamys (Macrochlamys) latissima scallop
Chlamys angelonii scallop
Chlamys bollenensis scallop
Chlamys zenonis scallop
Chlamys (Manupecten) pesfelis scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Chlamys varia" = Chlamys (Chlamys) varia Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
Pecten benedictus scallop
Pecten jacobaeus scallop
Pecten reghiensis scallop
"Amussium cristatum" = Amusium scallop
"Amussium (Pseudamussium) oblongum" = Amusium scallop
"Chlamys radians" = Aequipecten radians Nyst and Westendorp 1839 scallop
"Chlamys (Aequipecten) opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop subsp. audouini and laevigatoides
Spondylus crassicostata scallop
Spondylus concentricus Bronn 1831 scallop
Spondylus gaederopus Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
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"Pycnodonta germanitala" = Pycnodonte, "Pycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis
"Pycnodonta germanitala" = Pycnodonte oyster
"Pycnodonta navicularis" = Neopycnodonte navicularis Brocchi 1814 oyster | |
Ostrea iphigeniae, Ostrea (Ostrea) fimbriata, "Ostrea (Ostrea) edulis" = Ostrea edulis, "Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
Ostrea iphigeniae oyster
Ostrea (Ostrea) fimbriata oyster
"Ostrea (Ostrea) lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Chama placentina jewel box | |
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella, "Dosinia (Orbiculus) lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Venus (Ventricola) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
Lutraria (Psammophila) oblonga Gmelin 1791 clam | |
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule, Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata, Cardium paucicostatum, Cardium tuberculatum
"Cardium (Cerastoderma) edule" = Cerastoderma edule Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Acanthocardia (Acanthocardia) echinata Linnaeus 1767 cockle
Cardium paucicostatum cockle
Cardium tuberculatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Astarte fusca clam | |
"Venericardia (Cardita) antiquata" = Cardites antiquata, "Beguina (Glans) rudista" = Glans
"Venericardia (Cardita) antiquata" = Cardites antiquata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Beguina (Glans) rudista" = Glans clam |