Hirotomi, undifferentiated molluscs: Langhian, Japan

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithidea sp. Swainson 1840
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Batillaria sp. Benson 1842
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Vicimitra) sp. Lamarck 1798
listed as Vicimitra sp.
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863
Searlesia sp. Harmer 1914
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Acila (Truncacila) sp. Grant and Gale 1931
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula sp. Gray 1837
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix sp. Lamarck 1799
Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Peronidia sp.
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Peronidia)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Pharidae
Siliqua sp. Mühlfeld 1811
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan State/province:Hokkaido
Coordinates: 42.5° North, 142.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 140.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Furanui
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: early Middle Miocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:77921
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-23 05:12:57 Last modified:2008-01-23 07:12:57
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-23 05:12:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26300.1% 4740R. Uchimura and R. Majima. 1992. The mixed sea area of warm- and cold-water molluscs of the Japanese early Middle Miocene - The case study in the Furanui Formation, mid-Hokkaido, Japan. Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 98(12):1129-1144 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]