Seluba Island, Reef limestone (locality M): Pleistocene - Holocene, Yemen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Clava fasciata
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| synonym of Rhinoclavis | |||||||
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"Cerithium" erythraeonense
Lamarck 1822
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Erronea caurica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Erosaria erosa
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Naria erosa | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva miniacea
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus turritus
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Latirus polygonus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Hermes) nassatella
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Conus arenatus
Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Naticina) mammilla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Tridacna croacea
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Geography
| Country: | Yemen |
| Coordinates: | 16.6° North, 42.0° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.5° North, 41.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55380 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik | Enterer: | M. Kosnik |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-13 00:31:16 | Last modified: | 2007-01-28 05:09:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-13 00:31:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14874. | R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 14873 | W. A. Macfadyen. 1930. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Gizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 1.- General geology. Geological Magazine 67:310-315 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |