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