Leisey Shell Pit 1 - Upper Shell Bed (Mollusca): Late/Upper Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Hyalopyrgus aequicostatus
Crucibulum striatum Say 1826
Tagelus divisus Spengler 1794
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora cayenensis (Lamarck 1822)
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella informal sp. A Bowdich 1822
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula maculosa Conrad 1846
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Crepidula plana Say 1822
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Diastoma varium (Pfeiffer 1840)
recombined as Bittiolum varium
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus georgianus
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus alatus Gmelin 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella pusilla
Olivella mutica (Say 1822)
Oliva sayana Ravenel 1834
recombined as Oliva (Ispidula) sayana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus cancellarius (Conrad 1846)
recombined as Solenosteira cancellaria
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius acutus (Say 1822)
recombined as Nassarius (Nassarius) acutus
[entered as Nassarius acuta]
Nassarius vibex (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis obesa (Adams 1845)
recombined as Parvanachis obesa
Mitrella lunata (Say 1826)
recombined as Astyris lunata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon contrarium Conrad 1840
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Crassispira tampaensis Bartsch and Rehder 1939
recombined as Pyrgospira tampaensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Pyrgocythara plicosa (Adams 1850)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789
Terebra dislocata (Say 1822)
recombined as Strioterebrum dislocatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella eburneola Conrad 1834
recombined as Dentimargo eburneola
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura sulcidentata
Urosalpinx perrugata (Conrad 1846)
Phyllonotus pomum (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Chicoreus (Phyllonotus) pomum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices duplicatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina catesbyana (d'Orbigny 1842)
recombined as Schwartziella catesbyana
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsi (Lea 1845)
recombined as Seila adamsii
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Episcynia multicarinata (Dall 1889)
synonym of Episcynia inornata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
Odostomia laevigata
Pyramidella crenulata (Holmes 1859)
synonym of Pyramidella suturalis
Odostomia seminuda (Adams 1839)
recombined as Boonea seminuda
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbella duryi
Planorbella scalaris
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physella sp. Haldeman 1849
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Acteocina candei (d'Orbigny 1841)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Noetia ponderosa (Say 1822)
recombined as Eontia ponderosa
Arcopsis adamsi (Dall 1886)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara lienosa (Say 1832)
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
Subspecies: A. lienosa floridana
Anadara transversa (Say 1822)
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris pectinata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Tucetona pectinata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula cf. gibbosa Lamarck 1801
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria colymbus (Röding 1798)
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea equestris Say 1834
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata
Parvilucina multilineata (Conrad 1841)
recombined as Parvilucina multistriata
Anodontia alba Link 1807
Lucina nassula Conrad 1846
recombined as Lucinisca nassula
Linga pensylvanica (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Lucina pensylvanica
[entered as Linga pennsylvanica]
Linga waccamawensis
Listed as "L. waccamawensis/amiantis"
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula contracta Say 1822
recombined as Caryocorbula contracta
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Neaeromya floridana (Dall 1899)
original and current combination Montacuta floridana
Mysella planulata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Arcinella cornuta Conrad 1866
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar simpsoni (Dall 1895)
Parastarte triquetra (Conrad 1862)
Macrocallista nimbosa (Solander 1786)
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
Chione grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Anomalocardia sp. Schumacher 1817
Dosinia elegans (Conrad 1838)
recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Rangia cuneata (Sowerby 1831)
Mulinia lateralis (Say 1822)
[entered as Mulinia lateralsi]
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta plicata (Lamarck 1818)
recombined as Raeta plicatella
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Dinocardium robustum (Lightfoot 1786)
Trachycardium egmontianum (Shuttleworth 1856)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellidora cristata (Récluz 1842)
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea bitruncata (Conrad 1872)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Pleuromeris tridentata (Say 1826)
Carditamera floridana Conrad 1838
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana acuta (Conrad 1832)
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Dentalium laqueatum Verrill 1885
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoroides dilophidus (Martin 1969)
Hulbert et al. 2014
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Hillsborough
Coordinates: 27.7° North, 82.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.8° North, 82.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fort Thompson
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: SOURCE: collection from 3.0 m thick "Upper Shell bed", of the Fort Thompson Formation. STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: overlies the dolomitic "hard layer" and "bone beds" of the Bermont Formation. AGE: Assigned to Late Pleistocene (A. Hendy, 2007).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal,brown unlithified sandy "mixed carbonate-siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: buff, sandy, massive shell bed.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: no environmental data reported; shallow marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:FLMNH
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Morgan and Hulbert (1989). REPOSITORY: unknown repository, probably FLMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: exhaustive for Mollusca; other groups are listed in independent publications. IDENTIFIER: Reidentified by Portell and Schindler, originally identified by Morgan and Hulbert. NOMENCLATURE: modern nomenclature and species-resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:61311
Authorizer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen Enterer:A. Hendy, M. Uhen
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2006-06-04 19:55:54 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-06-04 19:55:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17634. R.W. Portell, K.S. Schindler, and G.S. Morgan. 1992. The Pleistocene molluscan fauna from Leisley Shell Pit 1, Hillsborough County, Florida. Florida Geological Survey Special Publication 36: Plio-Pleistocene stratigraphy and paleontology of southern Florida [A. Miller/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

74663 R. C. Hulbert, A. Kerner, and G. S. Morgan. 2014. Taxonomy of the Pleistocene giant beaver Castoroides (Rodentia: Castoridae) from the southeastern United States. 53(2):26-43 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]