Durban: Pleistocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium kochi Philippi 1848
recombined as Rhinoclavis kochi
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polynices didyma
original and current combination Polinices
Polynices mamilla
original and current combination Polinices
Natica marochiensis (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium olearium
Cymatium dolarium
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa kraussiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassa arcularia (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia
Bullia similis
Bullia cf. diluta
Bullia natalensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta paradisaica
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Solidula sulcata
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Amblychilepas scutella (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Amblychilepas scutellum
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Nerita undata Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Felania) sansibarica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Sunetta contempta
Tapes ? textile
Dosinia hepatica
Tivela polita
Tivela natalensis
Tivela ? baini
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra glabrata
Standella nicobarica (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Psammobia pallida
spelled with current rank as Gari (Psammobia)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma inclinata
Tellina natalensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax madagascariensis
Donax bertini
Donax aemulus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium turtoni Sowerby 1894
recombined as Papillicardium turtoni
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes clausus
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Perna perna (Linnaeus 1758)
Chloromytilus meridionalis (Krauss 1848)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca obliquata
Arca helblingii
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 29.9° South, 31.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.9° South, 30.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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: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,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Geological Survey of South Africa. Originally reported by Krige, L. J., 1933.
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 14
Database number:122946
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-07 15:13:04 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-01-07 15:13:04
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]