Wilmington - Waccamaw Formation: Early/Lower Pleistocene, North Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Trachycardium isocardia Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Pictoscala) pratti
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina irrorata (Say 1822)
Gardner 1948
recombined as Littoraria irrorata
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Lemintina granifera
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Ilyanassa isogramma (Dall 1892)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa wilmingtonensis Gardner 1943
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa scalaspira (Conrad 1868)
Gardner 1948
Ilyanassa sexdentata (Conrad 1843)
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Costoanachis) avara (Say 1822)
Gardner 1948
Colombella avara
Subspecies: A. (Costoanachis) avara translirata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Aurinia obtusa (Emmons 1858)
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx trossula
Gardner 1948
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
"Circulus" orbignyi
Gardner 1948
Listed as: "Circulus" (?supra-nitidus Wood subsp.) orbignyi
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia - Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Verticordia (Trigonulina) emmonsii
original and current combination Trigonulina
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma magna Dall 1903
Callocardia (Agriopoma) chioneformis Gardner 1943
Callocardia (Agriopoma) sayana (Conrad 1833)
synonym of Pitar morrhuanus
Macrocallista reposta (Conrad 1834)
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta
Venus (Mercenaria) campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Mercenaria campechiensis
Subspecies V. (M.) campechiensis rileyi
Chione (Chione) grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Chione (Chione) cribraria (Conrad 1843)
recombined as Chione cribraria
Petricola (Rupellaria) grinnelli Olsson 1914
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
Also: Mulinia congesta magnoliana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Corbicula densata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Mysella stantoni
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Tagelus gibbus (Spengler 1794)
synonym of Tagelus plebeius
Subspecies: T. gibbus carolinensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Moerella) dupliniana (Dall 1900)
recombined as Moerella dupliniana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele (Semelina) nuculoides
Semele subovata (Say 1824)
Subspecies: Semele subovata alta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium sublineatum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides (Cardiolucina) trisulcatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Cavilinga trisulcata
Subspecies: P. (C.) trisulcatus multistriatus
Phacoides (Parvilucina) multilineatus (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Parvilucina multistriata
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans (Pleuromeris) tridentata (Say 1826)
recombined as Pleuromeris tridentata
Subspecies: G. (P.) tridentata decemcostata
Glans (Pteromeris) perplana (Dall 1903)
recombined as Pteromeris perplana
Also includes: G. (P.) perplana abbreviata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Plagioctenium) gibbus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Argopecten gibbus
Chlamys (Aequipecten) eborea (Conrad 1833)
recombined as Carolinapecten eboreus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Chama striata Smith 1817
synonym of Nanogyra (Palaeogyra) virgula
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara lienosa (Say 1832)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:North Carolina County:Columbus
Coordinates: 34.2° North, 77.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.3° North, 77.5° West
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:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waccamaw
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: No lithostratigraphic details or stratigraphic relationships provided in text. AGE: Late Pliocene-Early Pleistocene, but here assigned to the Early Pleistocene following DuBar (1971).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,brown,gray,blue unlithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Fossiliferous sand with silt and clay, bluish-gray to tan, loosely consolidated
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: No geologic or paleoenvironmental data reported in text.
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:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: Collections reposited in USNM and USGS collections.
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda. Nomenclature is somewhat antiquated but provided to species resolution and authoritative.
Metadata
Database number:59318
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2006-03-25 18:09:21 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-03-25 18:09:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
16984. J. A. Gardner. 1943. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 1. Pelecypoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(A):1-178 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]

Secondary references:

17048 J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310 [A. Miller/A. Hendy]