Core MAY.KL 89028, Boueni bay (0.7-1.1 m): Holocene, Mayotte

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bagginidae
Cancris sp. Monfort 1808
Bolivinidae
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Heterolepidae
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884
Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Reusselidae
Reussella sp. Galloway 1933
Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina trigonula Lamarck 1804
Quinqueloculina distorqueata
Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides ruber (d'Orbigny 1839)
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Amphicoryna sp.
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha cristagalli (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia foliata (Forsskal 1775)
Sheldonella lateralis
Acar plicata (Dillwyn 1817)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Striarca symmetrica (Reeve 1844)
recombined as Arcopsis symmetrica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
Cardiomya cf. alcocki
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Pillucina sp. Pilsbry 1921
Bellucina sp. Dall 1901
synonym of Cardiolucina
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Odetta sp.
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae
Creseis acicula (Renz 1829)
original and current combination Vaginella acicula
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoidae indet. Gray 1847
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Dentimargo sp. Cossmann 1899
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Dialidae
Diala sp. Adams 1861
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Finella pupoides Adams 1860
recombined as Finella (Finella) pupoides
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Megastomia sp.
spelled with current rank as Odostomia (Megastomia)
see common names

Geography
Country:Mayotte
Coordinates: 12.9° South, 45.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.9° South, 45.1° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:6460 ± 30 to 1870 ± 30 YBP (14C)
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:209864
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-05-16 23:06:00 Last modified:2020-05-16 23:06:00
Access level:the public Released:2020-05-16 23:06:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
72401. J. Zinke, J. J. G. Reijmer, M. Taviani, W. C. Dullo, and B. Thomassin. 2005. Facies and faunal assemblage changes in response to the Holocene transgression in the Lagoon of Mayotte (Comoro Archipelago, SW Indian Ocean). Facies 50:391-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]