Station 817 [Tuatua Limestone]: Pliocene, Fiji

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Oxygyris levu
Ladd 1977
Architectonica (Architectonica) perspectiva Linnaeus 1767
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticarius marochiensis
Ladd 1977
    = Notocochlis gualteriana Récluz 1843
Majima 1989
original and current combination Natica gualteriana
Mammilla melanostoma (Gmelin 1791)
Ladd 1977
Polinices (Polinices) cf. columnaris
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix (Malluvium) cf. badius
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus variegata Röding 1798
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Erato hindlei Ladd 1977
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Cribraria) cribraria (Linnaeus 1758)
Ladd 1977
recombined as Cribrarula cribraria
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Primovula rhodia Adams 1854
Ladd 1977
Phenacovolva nectarea Iredale 1930
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus
Ladd 1977
Vexillum (Costellaria) strasfogeli
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Subcancilla abyssicola
Ladd 1977
Subcancilla interlirata Reeve 1844
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella gonzabuensis
Ladd 1977
Mitrella informal sp. A Risso 1826
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Siphonalia aff. stearnsii
Ladd 1977
Siphonalia subspadicea Vredenburg 1921
Ladd 1977
Metula (Metuila) ibbotsoni
Ladd 1977
Metula (Metula) ibbotsoni
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Zeuxis) planicosta
Ladd 1977
Nassarius (Zeuxis) planicostata
Ladd 1977
Nassarius (Uzita) verbeeki (Martin 1895)
Ladd 1977
Nassarius (Niotha) fijiensis
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Merica) petiti Olsson 1967
Ladd 1982
recombined as Cancellaria petiti
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva carneola Gmelin 1791
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Lophiotoma (Lophioturris) indica
Ladd 1982
synonym of Lophiotoma
Gemmula kieneri
Ladd 1982
Gemmula monilifera
Ladd 1982
Gemmula congener (Smith 1894)
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus acueliformis
Ladd 1982
Conus cf. bonus
Ladd 1982
Conus aff. socialis
Ladd 1982
Conus sulcatus
Ladd 1982
Conus cf. tessulatus Born 1778
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Microtrypetes) vanualevensis
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae
? Euclathurella informal sp. A Woodring 1928
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Agathotoma vanualevensis
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex cf. multispinosus
Ladd 1977
Murex (Murex) guppyi
Ladd 1977
Murex (Murex) bantamensis
Ladd 1977
Murex (Murex) multispinosus
Ladd 1977
Vitularia miliaris
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Tibia (Tibia) powisii (Petit 1840)
Ladd 1972
recombined as Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Dolomena) plicatus
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Personidae
Distorsio (Rhysema) reticulata
Ladd 1977
synonym of Distorsio
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Phallium (Semicassis) bisulcatum (Schubert and Wagner 1829)
Ladd 1977
recombined as Semicassis bisulcata
Phalium (Semicassis) bisulcatum (Schubert and Wagner 1829)
Ladd 1977
recombined as Semicassis bisulcata
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium (Lampusia) aquatile (Reeve 1844)
Ladd 1977
recombined as Monoplex aquatilis
Cymatium (Cymatriton) rickardi
Ladd 1977
synonym of Monoplex
Gyrineum (Gyrineum) bituberculare (Lamarck 1816)
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa (Colubrellina) nobilis
Ladd 1977
synonym of Bursa
Gastropoda - Tonnidae
Tonna sulcosa
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Tugurium exutum (Reeve 1842)
Ladd 1972
recombined as Stellaria (Onustus) exutus
Gastropoda - Atlantidae
Oxygyrus levu
Ladd 1977
Atlanta peronii
Ladd 1977
see common names

Geography
Country:Fiji
Coordinates: 17.5° South, 177.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:19.6° South, 176.8° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Tuatua Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Tuatua Limestone, which overlies the Natewa Gp (Miocene), and is overlain by the Monkey Face Gp (?Early Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:78073
Authorizer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner Enterer:A. Hendy, P. Wagner
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-26 17:44:50 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-01-26 17:44:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26223. H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]

Secondary references:

11409 H. S. Ladd. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532:1-79 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
11410 H. S. Ladd. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533:1-84 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Millet]
26328 H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
26376 R. Majima. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96(331):1-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]