ITALY: Pliocene, Astian, Screen 1:Dentaliida.

Italy has many good fossil sites. Most of them are pliocene, but there is some Pleistocene, Miocene and Eocene as well. Until now we have mainly pliocene material from Italy. We are very grateful for the help the following Italian friends gave us: Mr. George Bovo, Mr.Pierro Frediani, Mr.Italo Mattea and Mr. Giovanni Signorelli.

A lot of shells you can identify with the marvellous publications of Carlos Chirli.Until now (2008) there are 5 volumes published and more will follow.
Carlo Chirli, 1997 and ongoing:
"Malacofauna Pliocenica Toscana"
Firenze, Italy
There are some localities that are unknown to us. We placed the shells in the Astian formation, but some of them may be of Pleistocene age.
Dentalium fossile Dentalium inaequicostatum
Dentalium fossile (45 mm) Dentalium inaequicostatum (36 mm)
Dentalium sexangulum Dentalium vulgare
Dentalium sexangulum (80 mm) Dentalium vulgare (13 mm)
Dentaliida Fissurelloidea Scissurelloidea Trochoidea Cirroidea Neritoidea Stromboidea Rissooidea Cerithioidea Vermetoidea
Xenophoroidea Ptenoglossa Janthinoidea Eulimoidea Buccinoidea Columbelloidea Conoidea Mitroidea Turbinelloidea Volutoidea
Muricoidea Naticoidea Cypraeoidea Lamellarioidea Calyptraeoidea Tonnoidea Ficoidea Architectonicoidea Pyramidelloidea Acteonoidea
Bulloidea Ellobioidea Helicoidea Nuculoidea Nuculanoidea Arcoidea Limopsoidea Mytiloidea Pterioidea Pinnoidea
Limoidea Ostreoidea Pectinoidea Anomioidea Unionoidea Lucinoidea Galeommatoidea Carditoidea Chamoidea Astartoidea
Cardioidea Mactroidea Tellinoidea Donacoidea Glossoidea Corbiculoidea Veneroidea Myoidea Gastrochaenoidea Hiatelloidea Pandoroidea
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