Alexander Bay: Pleistocene, South Africa
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo cidaris
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Diodora parviforata
(Sowerby 1889)
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Fissurella robusta
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Gastropoda
- Thaididae
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Thais squamosa
(Pease 1868)
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original and current combination Sistrum squamosum | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Epitonium sp.
Bolten 1798
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Crepidula porcellana
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella carinifera
Deshayes 1824
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recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Bullia digitalis
(Dillwyn 1817)
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original and current combination Buccinum digitale | |||||||
Burnupena limbosa
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Burnupena lagenaria
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Bullia magna
Haughton 1932
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synonym of Bullia annulata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus elongatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Thais praecingulata
Haughton 1932
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recombined as Nucella praecingulata | |||||||
Thais cingulata
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Thais dubia
(Krauss 1848)
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Argobuccinum argus
(Gmelin 1791)
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synonym of Argobuccinum pustulosum | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Littorinidae
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Littorina punctata
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Gastropoda
- Patellidae
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Patella argenvillei
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Patella miniata
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Patella oculus
Born 1778
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Patella granatina
Linnaeus 1758
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Patella granularis
Linnaeus 1758
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Patella cochlear
Born 1778
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recombined as Scutellastra cochlear | |||||||
Patella barbara
Linnaeus 1758
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recombined as Scutellastra barbara | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys tinctus
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Chloromytilus meridionalis
(Krauss 1848)
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Aulacomya crenatus
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Teredinidae
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Teredo cf. polythalamia
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Chamelea krigei
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Tapes corrugata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Donacidae
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Donax rogersi
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Donax serra
Roding 1798
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Tellina triangularis
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | 28.7° South, 16.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 28.7° South, 16.4° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified "siliciclastic" |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. Assumed unlithified as it is described as a "raised beach". | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Originally reported by Haughton, 1932. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Column 3 | ||
Database number: | 122933 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2012-01-07 12:24:03 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-01-07 12:24:03 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
39195. | K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |