Hulopoe Gravel, Lanai (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hawaii (20.7° N, 156.9° W: paleocoordinates 20.7° N, 156.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.1 Ma)

• Th/U dates of coral clasts: 130.9-136.7 and 196.2-258.2 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; gravel

• sand-poor rocky shorelines
• slightly sandy pebble/cobble gravel, facies PC1, PC2 and PC3

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. A. Felton, K. A. W. Crook, B. H. Keating and E. A. Kay. 2006. Sedimentology of rocky shorelines: 4. Coarse gravel lithofacies, molluscan biofacies, and the stratigraphic and eustatic records in the type area of the Pleistocene Hulopoe Gravel, Lanai, Hawaii. Sedimentary Geology 184:1-76 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96682: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium mutatum cerith snail
Cerithium columna Sowerby l 1834 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Lambis cf. chiragra" = Harpago chiragra Linnaeus 1758 conch
[entered as Lambis chiraga]
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Cancilla granatina mitre shell
Mitra assimilis mitre shell
Mitra fulvescens mitre shell
"Mitra cf. mitra" = Mitra (Mitra) mitra Linnaeaus 1758 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius crematus Hinds 1844 snail
Nassarius pauperus Gould 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cf. moreleti cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus cf. granifer cone shell
Conus pulicarius cone shell
Conus cf. imperialis Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus ebraeus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Hastula mera auger snail
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789 auger snail
Terebra cf. babylon auger snail
Terebra cf. colume auger snail
Terebra funiculata auger snail
Terebra kilburnii auger snail
Terebra nodularis auger snail
Terebra maculata Linnaeus 1758 auger snail
Terebra undulata Gray 1834 auger snail
Terebra cf. affinis Gray 1834 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Xenoturris sp. Iredale 1929 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Costellariidae indet. MacDonald 1860 ribbed mitre
Vexillum approxima ribbed mitre
Vexillum bellum ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Vitularia miliaris murex snail
Morula "sp. 1" Schumacher 1817 murex snail
Morula "sp. 3" Schumacher 1817 murex snail
Morula "sp. 4" Schumacher 1817 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Casmaria ponderosa Gmelin 1791 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Cymatium mundum triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea poraria" = Erosaria poraria, "Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata, Cypraea sp., Mauritia mauritiana, Mauritia maculifera
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea poraria" = Erosaria poraria Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata Pease 1862 cowry
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Mauritia mauritiana Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Mauritia maculifera Schilder 1932 cowry