Takami, San-in, Japan: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Rhyzohorimurex cf. capuchinus
ssp. nagiensis
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia nakamurai Otuka 1938
recombined as Cernina fluctuata nakamurai
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea tubura
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Vicaryella sp. Yabe and Hatai 1938
Vicarya sp. d'Archiac and Haime 1854
Tateiwaia yamanarii
Tateiwaia tateiwai (Makiyama 1936)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
"Epitonium" sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pugilina sazanami
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Surculites osawanoensis
Surcurites osawanoensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Conus" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Liracassis japonica
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Apollon minoensis
synonym of Gyrineum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Euspira meisensis (Makiyama 1926)
Sinum yabei Otuka 1934
synonym of Sinum ineptum
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila submirabilis Makiyama 1926
recombined as Acila (Acila) submirabilis
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella sp. Woodring 1925
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Saxolucina khataii
original and current combination Claibornites (Saxolucina)
Saxolucina k-hataii
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma mitsuganoense
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panomya simotomensis Otuka 1934
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Solidicorbula cf. succincta
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Solidicorbula)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Hiatula minoensis
synonym of Mya
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Callista sp. Poli 1791
Phacosoma nomurai
spelled with current rank as Dosinia (Phacosoma)
Phacosoma cf. suketoensis
spelled with current rank as Dosinia (Phacosoma)
Pitar sunakozakaensis
Cyclina hwabongriensis
Cyclina cf. lunulata Makiyama 1926
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Cyclodicama sp.
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Vasticardium" ogurai
spelled with current rank as Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris cf. minoensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara ogawai
Anadara (Hataiarca) daitokudoensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea gravitesta
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Acesta cf. goliath
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Monia sp. Gray 1850
spelled with current rank as Pododesmus (Monia)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mizuhopecten kimurai (Yokoyama 1925)
ssp. murayamai
Placopecten todaniensis
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Pulsellidae
Pulsellum sp. Stoliczka 1868
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium cf. yokoyamai
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 34.9° North, 132.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:37.6° North, 129.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "siliciclastic"
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:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Summary of all molluscs recovered from area. Help provided by Mariko Kura
Metadata
Database number:44970
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-24 00:39:30 Last modified:2004-09-24 03:39:30
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-24 00:39:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11713.1% 8100K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]