Sea Isle City, Cape May Co. - Cape May Fm (Pleistocene): Pleistocene, New Jersey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
recombined as Lunarca ovalis
Anadara transversa (Say 1822)
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax fossor Say 1822
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula solidissima (Dilwyn 1817)
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Mercenaria mercenaria (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Pholas truncata Say 1822
recombined as Barnea truncata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
Melampus lineatus Say 1822
synonym of Melampus bidentatus
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
Crepidula convexa Say 1822
Crepidula plana Say 1822
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina irrorata (Say 1822)
recombined as Littoraria irrorata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Eupleura caudata (Say 1822)
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say 1822)
Thais haemastoma (Linnaeus 1767)
recombined as Stramonita haemostoma
Subspecies: T. haemastoma floridana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangilia plicosa (Adams 1850)
recombined as Pyrgocythara plicosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra dislocata (Say 1822)
recombined as Strioterebrum dislocatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Busycon carica (Gmelin 1792)
Busycon canaliculatum (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Busycotypus canaliculatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius vibex (Say 1822)
Nassarius obsoletus (Say 1822)
recombined as Ilyanassa obsoleta
Nassarius trivittatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Ilyanassa trivittata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella (Anachis) avara (Say 1822)
Colombella avara
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus cancellaria (Conrad 1846)
recombined as Solenosteira cancellaria
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices duplicatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsi (Lea 1845)
recombined as Seila adamsii
Cerithiopsis subulata (Montagu 1808)
    = Cerithiopsis emersonii Adams 1839
Hendy et al. 2008
Misidentification of exotic species
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium rupicolum (Kurtz 1860)
recombined as Epitonium rupicola
Epitonium humphreysii (Kiener 1838)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:New Jersey County:Cape May
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 74.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 74.5° 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:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Cape May Formation contains sands and clays, hence siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection.
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1933) and MacClintock and Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
Metadata
Also known as:New Jersey Loc. 12
Database number:66617
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-10-11 13:11:01 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:group members Released:2007-10-11 13:11:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18974. H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]