PBDB Collection

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

	Cerithium clypeomorus

	Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby 1855
Gastropoda - Strombidae

	Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus 1758
	recombined as Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
Gastropoda - Bursidae

	Ranella affinis Broderip 1833
	synonym of Bursa granularis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

	Terebra consobrina
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

	Pleurotoma garnonsi
	synonym of Turris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

	Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792

	Conus miles Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

	Pyramidella propinqua
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Chlamys aff. opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)	Nardini 1937
	recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
see common names

Geography

Country:	Egypt
Coordinates:	26.1° North, 34.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	26.1° North, 34.2° East
Basis of coordinate:	estimated from map
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Quaternary	Epoch:	Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:	Pleistocene
Age range of interval:	2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Stratigraphic resolution:

group of beds

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	"limestone"
Lithology description: marly limestone
Environment:	shallow subtidal indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	good

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis

Metadata

Database number:	101633
Authorizer:	W. Kiessling	Enterer:	U. Merkel
Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2010-12-27 20:30:39	Last modified:	2010-12-27 03:30:39
Access level:	the public	Released:	2010-12-27 20:30:39
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

34590.

S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]

Secondary references:

34591

S. Nardini. 1937. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, parte II (Lamellibranchi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, part II (bivalves)]. Palaeontographia Italica 37:225-278 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]