Bolotino bioherm (Miocene of Moldova)

Also known as Reef 961

Where: Moldova (47.7° N, 27.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 26.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. N. Yanakevich. 1977. Srednemiotsenovyye rify Moldavii [Middle Miocene reefs of Moldova] 1-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78648: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Xanthidae
Medaeus moldavica
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga subcordata, Lithophaga bella, Lithophaga lithophaga, Modiolus sp.
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca noae
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula ruperella
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus sp., Spondylus crassicosta, "Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Spondylus crassicosta Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Chlamys multistriata" = Talochlamys multistriata Poli 1795 scallop
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita elongata
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia exoleta
Dosinia exoleta Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp., Chama gryphoides
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Trapezidae
Coralliophaga lithophagella
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena intermedia, "Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo modica, Teredo vermicularis
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea chinensis
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
? Cerithium sp.
? Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella bicarinata
Turritella bicarinata Elchwald 1830 turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex sp.
Murex sp. Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Orbicella reussiana" = Tarbellastraea reussiana
"Orbicella reussiana" = Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral