Alexander Bay: Pleistocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo cidaris
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora parviforata (Sowerby 1889)
Fissurella robusta
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Thais squamosa (Pease 1868)
original and current combination Sistrum squamosum
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula porcellana
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella carinifera Deshayes 1824
recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Bullia digitalis (Dillwyn 1817)
original and current combination Buccinum digitale
Burnupena limbosa
Burnupena lagenaria
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia magna Haughton 1932
synonym of Bullia annulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus elongatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais praecingulata Haughton 1932
recombined as Nucella praecingulata
Thais cingulata
Thais dubia (Krauss 1848)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin 1791)
synonym of Argobuccinum pustulosum
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina punctata
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella argenvillei
Patella miniata
Patella oculus Born 1778
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758
Patella cochlear Born 1778
recombined as Scutellastra cochlear
Patella barbara Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Scutellastra barbara
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys tinctus
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Chloromytilus meridionalis (Krauss 1848)
Aulacomya crenatus
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo cf. polythalamia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chamelea krigei
Tapes corrugata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax rogersi
Donax serra Roding 1798
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina triangularis
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]