Tertiary

• Pliocene

The Pliocene of the Belgium North Sea basin is described here.

The following Stromboidea lived in the North Sea lived during the Pliocene:

• Aporrhais scaldensis Regteren Altena, 1954
• Aporrhais pespelecani (Linnaeus, 1758)

Aporrhaidae from the Pliocene:

• Aporrhais peralata (Sacco, 1893)
• Aporrhais uttingeriana (Risso, 1826)

Strombidae from the Pliocene

• Canarium erythrinum Dillwyn, 1817)
• Canarium gendinganense (Martin, 1899)
• Chenopus pesgraculi
• Dolomena fennemai (Martin, 1899)
• Dolomena palabuanensis (Martin, 1899)
• Dolomena teschi (Cox, 1948)
• Dolomena togopiensis (Cox, 1948)
• Labiostrombus denti Cox, 1948
• Labiostrombus overbecki Cox, 1948
• Laevistrombus turturella (Röding, 1798)
• Lentigo fetus (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
• Lobatus gigas (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Lobatus raninus (Gmelin, 1791)
• Persististrombus barrigonensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
• Persististrombus insulanus (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
• Persististrombus toroensis (Jung & Heitz, 2001)
• Persististrombus sp
• Strombus pugiloides Guppy, 1873
• Strombus sp

Struthiolariidae from Pliocene:

• Pelicaria vermis (Martyn, 1784)
• Tylospira coronata (Tate, 1885)
• Tylospira incilata Darragh, 1991
• Tylospira puteana Darragh, 1991

Rimellidae from Pliocene:

• Varicospira spinifera (Martin, 1899)
• Varicospira sp

Rostellariidae from Pliocene:

• Tibia wenki Cox, 1948

References

• Anthonissen, E.D. (2008). Late Pliocene and Pleistocene biostratigraphy of the Nordic Atlantic region. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 43(1), 33–48
• Anthonissen, E.D. (2009). A new Pliocene biostratigraphy for the northeastern North Atlantic. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 43(2), 91–126
• Gripp, K. 1922. Marines Pliocän und Hipparion gracile Kaup von Morsumkliff auf Sylt. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft. A. Abhandlungen 75:169-206, pl. 2, 1 text fig.
• Carlos Marques da Silva, Bernard Landau, Rosa Domènech, Jordi Martinell, 2010. Pliocene Atlantic molluscan assemblages from the Mondego Basin (Portugal): Age and palaeoceanographic implications; Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Vol. 285(3–4), p. 248–254.
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• Utagawa, F., Agematsu, S., Tsunogae, T. & Sashida, K. (2015) - Lithostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Shirahama Group around Shimoda District, Izu Peninsula, central Japan. Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. C, 41, pp. 1–15, December 22, 2015