Saldanha Bay: Pleistocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen capensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra glabrata
Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tivela compressa
Macrocallista cf. lilacina
Venus verrucosa
Dosinia africana (Gray 1838)
Tapes corrugata
Tapes deshayesii
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791
Gastrana abildgaardiana (Spengler 1798)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella liratula
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea atherstonei
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Thais squamosa (Pease 1868)
original and current combination Sistrum squamosum
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium cf. guinacium
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella capensis
Turritella carinifera Deshayes 1824
recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin 1791)
synonym of Argobuccinum pustulosum
Cymatium dolarium
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella capensis Krauss 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Purpura angulata Dujardin 1837
recombined as Purpura (Stramonita) angulata
Tritonalia purpuroides
spelled with current rank as Purpura (Tritonalia)
Thais cingulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus elongatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clionella rosaria
Clavatula sinuata (Born 1780)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra aerumnosa
Gastropoda - Perissityidae
Burnupena cincta
Burnupena limbosa
Burnupena lagenaria
Burnupena papyracea
Nassa speciosa
Nassa plicatella Adams 1852
Fusus verruculatus
Gastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Natica genuana
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Amblychilepas scutella (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Amblychilepas scutellum
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo ? sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula capensis
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella barbara Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Scutellastra barbara
Patella cochlear Born 1778
recombined as Scutellastra cochlear
Patella compressa
Patella argenvillei
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758
unclassified
Fasciolaria lugubris Adams and Reeve 1847
recombined as Lugubrilaria lugubris
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 17.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° South, 17.8° 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:2.58000 - 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 and Wybergh, 1920.
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 6
Database number:122937
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-07 14:03:59 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-01-07 14:03:59
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]