PBDB Collection

Meilhan: Aquitanian, France

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

	Waikura singularis n. sp. Lozouet 1998

	Miralda mellianensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998

	Eulimella lanotensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998

	Odostomella isabella n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

	Cerithidium plebeium n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae

	Clatrofenella intermedia n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Dialidae

	Diala electra n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Eulimidae

	Microstilifer marsanensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae

	Vanikoro rudoi n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Ranellidae

	Charonia guichemerri n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Eratoidae

	Hespererato transiens (Boettger 1884)	Lozouet et al. 2001	195 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

	Lyncina miopropinqua n. sp. Dolin and Lozouet 2004	Dolin and Lozouet 2004

	Schilderia brocchii (Deshayes 1844)	Lozouet et al. 2001	6 specimens
	recombined as Prozonarina brocchii

	Zonarina pinguis (Grateloup 1846)	Dolin and Lozouet 2004
Gastropoda - Triviidae

	Trivia humburgensis Schilder 1929	Lozouet et al. 2001	51 specimens

	Trivia westphalica Schilder 1929	Lozouet et al. 2001	250 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae

	Strombus mitroparvus	Lozouet et al. 2001	27 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae

	Volvarina tumulensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Coralliophilidae

	Leptoconchus duvergieri	Lozouet and Renard 1998
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

	Coralliophila burdigalensis	Lozouet and Renard 1998

	Coralliophila sacyi	Lozouet and Renard 1998

	Naquetia ovulata	Lozouet et al. 2001	6 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Chicoreus (Naquetia)

	Homalocantha perpulcher	Lozouet et al. 2001	6 specimens

	Typhinellus protetrapterus	Lozouet et al. 2001	15 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

	Gibberula aquitanensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae

	Circulus sigaretornuformis n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Tornidae

	? Tornus dysporistus n. sp.

	Tornus aquitanicus n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Atlantidae

	Atlanta informal sp. 3 Lesueur 1817	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Rissoidae

	Alvania andraldensis n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Skeneidae

	Skenea subauriculata n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Scissurellidae

	Sinezona praecedens n. sp. Lozouet 1998
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Limacinidae

	Limacina valvatina (Reuss 1867)	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010	1 specimen

	Heliconoides inflata (Orbigny 1836)	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
	recombined as Limacina trochiformis
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae

	Vaginella depressa Daudin 1800	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010

	Diacrolinia cluzaudi	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010

	Creseis roesti n. sp. Cahuzac and Janssen 2010	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia

	Gamopleura taurinensis	Cahuzac and Janssen 2010
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae

	Nuculana (Lumbulus) emarginata (Lamarck 1819)	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
	recombined as Nuculana emarginata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae

	Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799	Michel et al. 2012	97 specimens
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae

	Modiolus hoernesi	Michel et al. 2012	77 specimens

	Perna aquitanicus	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens

	Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens

	Septifer informal sp.1 Récluz 1848	Michel et al. 2012	37 specimens

	Septifer informal sp. 2 Récluz 1848	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Septifer oblitus	Michel et al. 2012	11 specimens

	Lithophaga saucatsensis	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Crenellidae

	Musculus saucatsensis	Michel et al. 2012	8 specimens

	Musculus sp. Roding 1798	Michel et al. 2012	59 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae

	Ostreidae sp. Rafinesque 1815	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens
	g1

	Ostrea cf. fimbriata	Michel et al. 2012	68 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae

	Hyotissa undata	Michel et al. 2012	24 specimens

	Gryphaeostrea ricardi	Michel et al. 2012	151 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae

	Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae

	Pteria linderi	Michel et al. 2012	15 specimens

	Pteria ? phalaenacea	Michel et al. 2012	15 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

	Isognomon radiatus (Anton 1838)	Michel et al. 2012	113 specimens

	Malleus cf. bourgeoisi	Michel et al. 2012	227 specimens

	Malleus sp. Lamarck 1799	Michel et al. 2012	4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae

	Limaria inflata	Michel et al. 2012	12 specimens
	spp. neogenica

	Lima aquitanica	Michel et al. 2012	179 specimens

	Limatula subauriculata (Montagu 1808)	Michel et al. 2012	9 specimens
	recombined as Lima subauriculata
	spp. inframiocaenica
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae

	Plicatula mytilina	Michel et al. 2012	1330 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae

	Anomia aequiimpressa	Michel et al. 2012	99 specimens

	Anomia burdigalensis	Michel et al. 2012	260 specimens

	Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	154 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae

	Chlamys informal sp. 1 Röding 1798	Michel et al. 2012	91 specimens

	Chlamys informal sp. 2 Röding 1798	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Flexopecten sp.	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Aequipecten cf. liberata	Michel et al. 2012	78 specimens

	Crassadoma tauroperstriata	Michel et al. 2012	118 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae

	Spondylus deshayesi	Michel et al. 2012	255 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae

	Glycymeris bimaculata	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens

	Glycymeris cor (Lamarck 1805)	Michel et al. 2012	1826 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae

	Striarca miocaenica	Michel et al. 2012	2202 specimens

	Sheldonella okeni	Michel et al. 2012	226 specimens

	Barbatia degrangei	Michel et al. 2012	351 specimens

	Barbatia praenominata	Michel et al. 2012	1149 specimens

	Barbatia sp. Gray 1842	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Arca emiliae Dollfus 1909	Michel et al. 2012	1089 specimens
	recombined as Lamarcka emiliae

	Acar clathrata	Michel et al. 2012	678 specimens

	Anadara cardiiformis	Michel et al. 2012	230 specimens

	Anadara cf. dameyi	Michel et al. 2012	62 specimens

	Anadara aquitanica	Michel et al. 2012	31 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae

	Linga columbella (Lamarck 1818)	Michel et al. 2012	180 specimens

	Microloripes dentatus	Michel et al. 2012	2237 specimens
	reassigned as Lucina (Microloripes)

	Loripinus benoisti	Michel et al. 2012	558 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Anodontia (Loripinus)

	Ctena reticulatoides	Michel et al. 2012	443 specimens

	Divaricella ornata	Michel et al. 2012	192 specimens

	Codakia haidingeri	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae

	Jouannetia semicaudata	Michel et al. 2012	335 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae

	Sphenia anatina	Michel et al. 2012	31 specimens

	Sphenia paulina	Michel et al. 2012	10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleurodesmatidae

	Pleurodesma desmoulinsi	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae

	Semicorbula nadali	Michel et al. 2012	6 specimens

	Lentidium tournoueri (Mayer 1864)	Michel et al. 2012	3668 specimens

	Corbula revoluta	Michel et al. 2012	466 specimens
	spp. avitensis

	Corbula carinata Dujardin 1837	Michel et al. 2012	1887 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae

	Congeria basteroti	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens

	Congeria subbasteroti	Michel et al. 2012	16 specimens

	Mytilopsis aquitanica	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliidae

	Kellya (Bornia) sp. Philippi 1836	Michel et al. 2012	9 specimens

	Pseudolepton cf. insigne	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae

	Montacuta sp. Turton 1822	Michel et al. 2012	6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae

	Erycina sp. Lamarck 1805	Michel et al. 2012	11 specimens

	Erycina (Hemilepton) transversa	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae

	Mactra (Eomactra) basteroti	Michel et al. 2012	121 specimens

	Mactra informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1767	Michel et al. 2012	5 specimens

	Mactra informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1767	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Eastonia mitis	Michel et al. 2012	6 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Standella (Eastonia)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

	Veneridae sp. Rafinesque 1815	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Callista informal sp. 2 Poli 1791	Michel et al. 2012	16 specimens

	Callista informal sp. 1 Poli 1791	Michel et al. 2012	52 specimens

	Gouldia deshayesiana	Michel et al. 2012	616 specimens

	Grateloupia difficilis	Michel et al. 2012	424 specimens

	Petricolidae sp. Deshayes 1839	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Petricolina

	Petricola rupestris	Michel et al. 2012	28 specimens

	Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811	Michel et al. 2012	76 specimens

	Irus sp. Schmidt 1818	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens

	Periglypta miocenica	Michel et al. 2012	6 specimens

	Timoclea subspadicea	Michel et al. 2012	51 specimens

	Timoclea ovata (Pennant 1777)	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens

	Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	182 specimens

	Dosinia basteroti	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens

	Chione (Clausinella) basteroti	Michel et al. 2012	128 specimens

	Pitar lamarcki	Michel et al. 2012	13 specimens

	Pitar undata	Michel et al. 2012	135 specimens

	Pitar sp. Römer 1857	Michel et al. 2012	5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae

	Coralliophaga sp. Blainville 1824	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae

	Pseudochama sp. Odhner 1917	Michel et al. 2012	12 specimens

	Chama gryphoides Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	2438 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae

	Corbicula sp. Megerle 1811	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae

	Discors aquitanicus	Michel et al. 2012	43 specimens

	Acanthocardia polycolpatum	Michel et al. 2012	46 specimens

	Carduim (Trachycardium) fraternum	Michel et al. 2012	20 specimens
	reassigned as Acanthocardia (Agnocardia)

	Cardium burdigalinum	Michel et al. 2012	103 specimens

	Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Plagiocardium degrangei	Michel et al. 2012	241 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae

	Donax (Paradonax) transversa	Michel et al. 2012	63 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae

	Tellinidae informal sp. 1 Blainville 1814	Michel et al. 2012	41 specimens

	Angulus (Peronidia) bipartita	Michel et al. 2012	158 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Tellina (Peronidia)

	Angulus (Peronidia) sacyi	Michel et al. 2012	86 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Tellina (Peronidia)

	Arcopagia sp. Leach 1827	Michel et al. 2012	7 specimens

	Angulus (Moerella) donacina	Michel et al. 2012	21 specimens

	Angulus (Peronaea) aquitanica	Michel et al. 2012	136 specimens

	Angulus (Peronaea) sp. Poli 1791	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens

	Strigilla (Aeretica) salisburyi	Michel et al. 2012	75 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

	Semele neuvillei	Michel et al. 2012	6 specimens

	Semele sp. Schumacher 1817	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens

	Ervilia pusillia	Michel et al. 2012	241 specimens

	Ervilia sp. Turton 1822	Michel et al. 2012	58 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae

	Capsa laminosa	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens

	Psammobia affinis	Michel et al. 2012	4 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Gari (Psammobia)

	Psammobia biali	Michel et al. 2012	4 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Gari (Psammobia)

	Psammobia sp.	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
	spelled with current rank as Gari (Psammobia)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae

	Gastrochaena intermedia	Michel et al. 2012	35 specimens

	Gastrochaena (Spengleria) neuvillei	Michel et al. 2012	3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae

	Basterotia biali	Michel et al. 2012	12 specimens

	Basterotia corbuloides Mayer in Hörnes 1859	Michel et al. 2012	7 specimens
	recombined as Basterotia (Basterotia) corbuloides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Leptonidae

	Kellya (Planikellia) sp.	Michel et al. 2012	66 specimens
	spelled with current rank as Lepton (Planikellia)

	Lepton transversarium Cossmann 1896	Michel et al. 2012	2 specimens
	recombined as Lepton (Lepton) transversarium
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Galeommatidae

	Spaniorinus burdigalensis	Michel et al. 2012	61 specimens

	Spaniorinus (Lasaeina) inaequilateralis	Michel et al. 2012	24 specimens
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae

	Hiatella arctica (Linnaeus 1767)	Michel et al. 2012	35 specimens
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae

	Pharus sp.	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae

	Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758	Michel et al. 2012	8 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae

	Venericardia (Cardiocardita) cf. monilifera	Michel et al. 2012	4 specimens

	Pteromeris unidentata	Michel et al. 2012	1 specimen

	Cardita elongata	Michel et al. 2012	48 specimens

	Cardita (Lazariella) hippopea	Michel et al. 2012	72 specimens

	Cardita crassa Lamarck 1819	Michel et al. 2012	457 specimens
	recombined as Cardita (Cardita) crassa
Bivalvia - Carditida - Condylocardiidae

	Carditopsis koerneni	Michel et al. 2012	128 specimens
see common names

Geography

Country:	France	State/province:	Aquitaine	County:	Landes
Coordinates:	43.9° North, 0.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	43.9° North, 2.8° West
Basis of coordinate:	stated in text
Geographic resolution:	local area

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Aquitanian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Aquitanian	Foram zone:	N4
Age range of interval:	23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:	21.1 Ma (Sr isotope)

Stratigraphy

Formation:	Falun de Sainte-Avit
Stratigraphic resolution:	formation
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic data. THICKNESS: From unit of unknown thickness AGE: Aquitanian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within section. Sr age 21.1 Ma (Cahuzac & Turpin, 1999). SBZ24 LBF zone. Should be Falun de Sainte-Avit formation given Janssen (1985).

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	unlithified calcareous sandstone
Includes fossils?	Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed based of figured specimens, excellent preservation, free of sediment. Cahuzac & Janssen 2010: “Late Aquitanian, marly sands with scleractinian corals and coarse-grained detritus (level 5 in Lozouet et al., 2001).”
Environment:	open shallow subtidal
Geology comments: The samples from Meilhan provide Lower Miocene bivalve assemblage data that include several specific environment faunas (beach, coral patch-reef and deeper- water environments).

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:	excellent

Collection methods and comments

Collection excludes:	some genera
Collection methods:	field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:	MNHN
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: MNHN, Paris.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Limited to some families of Gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritive publication with species level assignments.

Metadata

Also known as:	Carrière Vives, Saint-Martin-d’Oney,
Database number:	74865
Authorizer:	A. Hendy, P. Wagner, W. Kiessling	Enterer:	A. Hendy, M. Krause, P. Wagner, U. Merkel
Modifier:	P. Wagner	Research group:	marine invertebrate
Created:	2007-08-31 19:41:18	Last modified:	2016-02-16 16:48:09
Access level:	the public	Released:	2007-08-31 19:41:18
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

25224.

P. Lozouet. 1998. Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France). Cossmanniana 5(3-4):61-102 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

55728		B. Cahuzac and A. W. Janssen. 2010. Eocene to Miocene holoplanktonic Mollusca (Gastropoda) of the Aquitaine Basin, southwest France. Scripta geologica 141:1-193 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]
57817		L. Dolin and P. Lozouet. 2004. Nouvelles espèces de Gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de l’Oligocène et du Miocène inférieur de l’Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France). Partie 3. Cypraeidae et Ovulidae. Cossmanniana hors série 4:1-164 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
59300		P. Lozouet, P. Maestrati, L. Dolin and R. Favia. 2001. Un site exceptionnel du Miocène inférieur (Aquitanien): La “Carrière Vives” (Meilhan, Landes, France). Bilan de la campagne de fouilles de juillet–août 1991. Cossmanniana 8(1-4):47-67 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Uhen]
30421		P. Lozouet and P. Renard. 1998. Les Coralliophilidae, Gastropoda de l'Oligocene et du Miocene inferieur d' Aquitaine (Sud-Ouest de la France): systematique et coraux hotes [The Coralliophilidae, Gastropoda from the Oligocene and Lower Miocene of Aquitaine (SW France): systematics and coral hosts]. Geobios 31(2):171-184 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]
53956		J. Michel, G. Doitteau, H. Hebib, P. Lozouet, and L. Villier. 2012. Biodiversity structure of an exceptionally preserved Aquitanian bivalve assemblage (Meilhan, SW France). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 265(2):113-130 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]