Shell Creek [Caloosahatchee Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)
Where: Charlotte County, Florida (27.0° N, 82.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.0° N, 81.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal marl
• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Fargo, Locklin, and others. REPOSITORY: ANSP, Phialdelphia.
Primary reference: A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79338: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.03.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Authoritative for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by A. Olsson and A. Harbison. Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus assignments.
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| Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Tesseracme) caloosaense" = Tesseracme, "Dentalium (Tesseracme) prisma" = Tesseracme, "Dentalium (Antalis) ceratum" = Antalis
"Dentalium (Tesseracme) caloosaense" = Tesseracme tusk shell
"Dentalium (Tesseracme) prisma" = Tesseracme tusk shell
"Dentalium (Antalis) ceratum" = Antalis tusk shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Glycymeris (Tuceta) arata" = Tucetona arata
"Glycymeris (Tuceta) arata" = Tucetona arata Conrad 1841 clam SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Tuceta) arata floridana
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Pteria colymbus Röding 1798 pearl oyster | |
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamplicostatus" = Argopecten anteamplicostata
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamplicostatus" = Argopecten anteamplicostata Mansfield 1936 calico scallop | |
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"Eucrassatella gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa
"Eucrassatella gibbesii" = Eucrassatella (Eucrassatella) speciosa Adams 1854 clam | |
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Taxocardia floridana Olsson and Harbison 1953 clam | |
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Anisodonta americana clam | |
"Trigoniocardia (Americardia) columba" = Americardia media
"Trigoniocardia (Americardia) columba" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle | |
Tellidora lunulata, "Tellina (Scissula) calliglypta" = Moerella (Scissula)
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
"Tellina (Scissula) calliglypta" = Moerella (Scissula) tellin clam | |
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Gemma (Parastarte) triquetra Conrad 1862 venus clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Diodora caloosaensis snail
Diodora carditella snail | |
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Rictaxis myakkanus snail | |
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Strombiformis dalli snail | |
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Modulus modulus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithium (Cerithioclava) caloosaense, Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum, "Rhinoclava (Ochetoclava) caloosaenis" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava)
Cerithium (Cerithioclava) caloosaense cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
"Rhinoclava (Ochetoclava) caloosaenis" = Rhinoclavis (Ochetoclava) cerith snail | |
Vermicularia recta, "Turritella (Torcula) wagneriana" = Torcula
Vermicularia recta turret shell
"Turritella (Torcula) wagneriana" = Torcula turret shell | |
"Alabina (Caloosalaba) adamsi" = Finella adamsi
"Alabina (Caloosalaba) adamsi" = Finella adamsi Dall 1889 snail | |
"Cerithium (Thericium) callisoma" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) callisoma" = Thericium snail | |
Rissoina parkeri, "Rissoina (Schwartziella) floridana" = Schwartziella catesbyana, Rissoina (Zebinella) liriope, "Rissoina (Phosinella) fargoi" = Rissoina (Phosinella) sagraiana
Rissoina parkeri snail
"Rissoina (Schwartziella) floridana" = Schwartziella catesbyana d'Orbigny 1842 snail
"Rissoina (Phosinella) fargoi" = Rissoina (Phosinella) sagraiana d'Orbigny 1842 snail | |
Cyclostremiscus olssoni3, Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) gunteri3, Cyclostremiscus bartschi3, Parviturboides avitus3, Anticlimax calligypta3, Anticlimax locklini3
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Caecum (Caecum) regulare Carpenter 1858 snail | |
"? Lemintina mcgintyi" = Petaloconchus mcgintyi
"? Lemintina mcgintyi" = Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson and Harbison 1953 worm shell | |
"Vasum locklini" = Vasum (Hystrivasum) locklini
"Vasum locklini" = Vasum (Hystrivasum) locklini Olsson and Harbison 1953 snail | |
Vitricythara metrica1, "Ithycythara kellumi" = Ithycythara psila1, "Cryoturris serta" = Kurtziella (Cryoturris) serta1
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"Marginella (Volvarina) acusvesta" = Volvarina
"Marginella (Volvarina) acusvesta" = Volvarina margin shell | |
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Urosalpinx subsidus murex snail | |
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii
"Seila adamsi" = Seila adamsii Lea 1845 snail | |
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