Units SL1-SL3, East Selsey, West Sussex: Lutetian, United Kingdom

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Perilaux spiratus
C category
Perilaux trochiformis
R category
Polinicies turgidus
U category
Rectilabrum mundum
F category
Belonnidium rouaulti
F category
Miodermis modica
R category
Spenia passyana
R category
Fustaria sp.
F category
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Solariorbis sp. Conrad 1865
R category
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821
R category
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Foratiscala newtoni
Tenuiscala laubrierei
U category
Crisposcala tenuilamella
R category
spelled with current rank as Epitonium (Crisposcala)
Acrilla decussata
F category
Acrilla aff. gallica de Boury 1887
C category
recombined as Amaea (Acrilla) gallica
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sowerbyi
F category
Rostreulima aff. eocenica
F category
Gastropoda - Vanikoridae
Leptonotis squamaeformis (Lamarck 1802)
R category
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella cf. aperta
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Serratocerithium maryense
U category
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Cymenorytis cliona
R category
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Sigmesalia favrei
C category
Sigmesalia aff. wateleti
R category
Sigmesalia aff. incertae (Deshayes 1832)
R category
Omalaxis aff. laudunensis
C category
Omalaxis cf. crenensis
R category
Ispharina terebellata Glibert 1962
C category
Haustator contractus (Sowerby 1850)
C category
Haustator fowleri Tracey and Todd 1996
U category
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides dixoni
R category
Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae
Tripia aff. granulata (Lamarck 1804)
U category
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Globularia solentina
R category
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile giganteum (Lamarck 1804)
R category
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella (Linnaeus 1767)
U category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Volvaria bulloides Lamarck 1804
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivula canalifera
C category
spelled with current rank as Ancilla (Olivula)
Ancillus buccinoides
C category
original and current combination Ancilla (Ancillus)
Ancillus fusiformis
C category
original and current combination Ancilla (Ancillus)
Ancillopsis patula
R category
spelled with current rank as Ancillaria (Ancillopsis)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Eocantharus subandrei
U category
spelled with current rank as Cantharus (Eocantharus)
Eocantharus sp. Clark 1938
U category
spelled with current rank as Cantharus (Eocantharus)
Strepsidura turgida
U category
Janiopsis cf. herouvallensis
F category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes maximus
F category
Clavilithes clavetellus
R category
Clavilithes parisiensis (Mayer-Eymar 1877)
F category
Cosmolithes uniplicatus
U category
spelled with current rank as Clavilithes (Cosmolithes)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Sycostoma bulbiforme (Lamarck 1803)
R category
Cornulina minax (Solander 1766)
U category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Turricula goniaea
C category
Crenaturricula crassicosta
C category
spelled with current rank as Turricula (Crenaturricula)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia aff. brevicauda
F category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Microdrillia elegantula
C category
Microdrillia subturrella
C category
Asthenotoma sp. Harris and Burrows 1891
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Cytharella labratula
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Amblyacrum sp. Cossmann 1889
C category
spelled with current rank as Raphitoma (Amblyacrum)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Mirula cf. plicatula (Lamarck 1803)
C category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Eopleurotoma comma (Edwards 1861)
F category
Gemmula traceyi
U category
Gemmula wrigleyi
F category
Oxyacrum obliteratum
C category
Acamptogenotia loustauae
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
Coluzea serrata
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Volvarinella contabulata
C category
Volvarinella eburnea
R category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pterochelus subplicatilis
U category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Eopsephaea costaria (Lamarck 1802)
R category
Mitreola cf. monodonta (Lamarck 1803)
R category
Volutospina pugil
U category
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Volutospina)
Volutospina spinosa (Linnaeus 1758)
F category
Neoathleta listerarum
R category
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Neoathleta)
Neoathleta selsiensis
F category
spelled with current rank as Athleta (Neoathleta)
Volutocorbis digitalina (Lamarck 1810)
F category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Unitas beui
R category
Sveltella nana
F category
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus nexilis (Solander and Brander 1766)
R category
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Mambrinia nodosa (Solander in Brander 1766)
U category
Mambrinia nodosa retusa
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Sassia sp. (Bellardi 1872)
U category
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Eocypraea boadicea Schilder 1929
R category
recombined as Eocypraea (Eocypraea) boadicea
Gastropoda - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia sp. Swainson 1840
F category
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora schroeteri
R category
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus cf. pennatus
R category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Sigatica obovata
U category
Sigatica hantoniensis (Pilkington 1804)
U category
Euspira laellata
F category
Crommium acutum
R category
Sinum clathratum Gmelin 1790
U category
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina puncticulata Deshayes 1861
C category
recombined as Rissoina (Rissoina) puncticulata
Cossmannia expansa
U category
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila mundula (Deshayes 1865)
U category
Cerithiopsis alveolata
R category
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma minutum
U category
Teinostoma intercallosum (Gougerot 1968)
R category
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Adeorbis rota
C category
Adeorbis spriorbis
R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon procerus
F category
Acteon subinflatus
R category
Acteon bevaletii
R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula ringens
C category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla aff. notata
F category
Syrnola cf. nitida
R category
Syrnola aff. angusta (Deshayes 1861)
F category
Odostomia aff. turbonilloides
C category
Megastomia aff. modesta
C category
spelled with current rank as Odostomia (Megastomia)
Megastomia aff. pyramidellata
F category
spelled with current rank as Odostomia (Megastomia)
Megastomia sp.
F category
spelled with current rank as Odostomia (Megastomia)
Evalea basilrata
R category
Cossmannica emarginata
U category
spelled with current rank as Tiberia (Cossmannica)
Eulimella inornata
R category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Granosolarium canaliculatum
C category
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Tuba sculpta
U category
Mathilda aff. crossei
U category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia
Nipteraxis cf. lebescontei
R category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna bruguierei
C category
Cylichna goniophora
C category
Cylichna aff. goniophora
R category
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846
C category
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Retusidae
Volvulella radius
R category
Volvulella aff. charlesworthi
C category
Volvulella lanceolata
R category
Cylichnina conulus
R category
spelled with current rank as Retusa (Cylichnina)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia interrupta Lamarck 1805
U category
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) interrupta
Barbatia appendiculata (Sowerby 1820)
C category
recombined as Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata
Trigonodesma lissa (Bayan 1873)
C category
Trinacria media
F category
Arca biangula Lamarck 1805
U category
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris quasipulvinata
R category
Glycymeris globosa (Sowerby in Dixon 1850)
U category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia anomialis (Lamarck 1819)
C category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Mimachlamys aff. trigintaradiatus
R category
spelled with current rank as Chlamys (Mimachlamys)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus rarispina
R category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna margaritacea Lamarck 1805
U category
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Striostrea zonulata
C category
Cubitostrea elegans (Deshayes 1832)
U category
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Semimodiola cf. hastata (Deshayes 1830)
R category
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divalinga serrata
F category
Gonimyrtea galeottiana (Nyst 1843)
U category
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824
R category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pholadidae
Cyrtopleura levesquei (Watelet 1851)
U category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caestocorbula aff. costata
C category
Caryocorbula striata (Lamarck 1801)
C category
[entered as Caryocorbula striatina]
Caryocorbula pixidicula (Deshayes 1857)
C category
Corbula rugosella
C category
Bicorbula gallica (Lamarck 1801)
U category
recombined as Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Fulcrella sulcatina
F category
Sportella sp. Deshayes 1858
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Erycina ruellensis
R category
Erycina aff. grigonensis
R category
Erycina aff. trigonularis
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Corbiculidae
Polymesoda compressa (Deshayes and Milne-Edwards 1835)
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Lutetia parisiensis Deshayes 1860
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Trapezidae
Straelenotrapezium brochii
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama selseyensis
C category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista laevigata (Lamarck 1806)
R category
recombined as Costacallista laevigata
Pitar sulcatarius (Deshayes 1825)
F category
recombined as Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius
Pitar parisiensis (Deshayes 1857)
U category
Callocardia nitidula (Lamarck 1806)
C category
recombined as Callocardia (Nitidavenus) nitidula
Psathura fragilis (Lamarck 1805)
F category
Clementia deshayesi Cossmann 1886
R category
recombined as Clementia (Clementia) deshayesi
Meroena polita (Lamarck 1806)
R category
Tivelina striatula (Deshayes 1825)
C category
recombined as Venerella striatula
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Phlyctiderma sp. Dall 1899
U category
spelled with current rank as Diplodonta (Phlyctiderma)
Microstagon miliaria (Lamarck 1806)
R category
Microstagon obliqua (Philippi 1846)
F category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula semisulcata (Lamarck 1805)
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Nemocardium brabanticum
U category
Orthocardium porulosum (Solander 1766)
U category
recombined as Cardium (Orthocardium) porulosum
Vepricardium asperulum (Lamarck 1805)
R category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Elliptotellina tellinella (Lamarck 1806)
C category
Oudardia reflexa
R category
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Oudardia)
Tellina canaliculata Edwards 1847
U category
recombined as Tellina (Tellinella) canaliculata
Arcopagia plagia
C category
Arcopagia parisiensis (Salisbury 1934)
F category
Arcopagia cf. corneola (Lamarck 1806)
R category
Arcopagia pseudodonacialis (d'Orbigny 1850)
U category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Macrosolen hollowaysii
F category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena ampullaria
F category
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solena dixoni (Sowerby 1844)
R category
Solena plagiaulax (Cossmann 1886)
U category
recombined as Solena (Eosolen) plagiaulax
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea intermedia (Sowerby 1814)
R category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Venericardia aff. elegans Lamarck 1806
C category
recombined as Cyclocardia (Arcturellina) elegans
Claibornicardia obovata
C category
original and current combination Glyptoactis (Claibornicardia)
Venericor planicosta (Lamarck 1801)
C category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella sowerbyi
C category
Crassatella semilaevis
U category
Crassatella sinuosa
R category
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Leionucula bisulcata
R category
Nucula dixoni
C category
Nucula praelongata
F category
Nucula contigua
C category
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella aff. communis
C category
Scaphopoda - Gadilida - Gadilidae
Siphonodentalium aff. nitidum
U category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Gadilinidae
Lobantale duplex
C category
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis aff. pseudoantalis
C category
see common names

Geography
Country:United Kingdom State/province:England County:West Sussex
Coordinates: 50.7° North, 0.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 4.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
*Period:Early/Lower Tertiary - Middle Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Eocene
*International age/stage:Middle Lutetian - Middle Lutetian
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.30000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Selsey Local bed:SL1-SL3
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: A part of the Bracklesahm Group, Selsey FM overlies the Marsh Farm FM.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:glauconitic,shelly/skeletal,green unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: shelly, medium fine green glauconitic sand
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,core,field collection,survey of museum collection,observed (not collected)
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:C= common, F = frequent, U = uncommon (6-20 specimens); R = rare (1-5 specimens)
Metadata
Database number:8125
Authorizer:L. Ivany Enterer:E. Kowalski
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-06-22 08:45:33 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:06
Access level:the public Released:2000-11-20 13:53:36
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

551. S. Tracey, J. A. Todd, J. Le Renard, C. King, and M. Goodchild. 1996. Distribution of Mollusca in Units S1 to S9 of the Selsey Formation (middle Lutetian), Selsey Peninsula, West Sussex. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):97-139 [L. Ivany/E. Kowalski]