Akoulta: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Djibouti

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium adenense Sowerby 1865
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Mamma) powisiana (Recluz 1853)
synonym of Polinices peselephanti
Natica (Mamma) mamilla (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Natica (Natica) mamilla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Mitra (Costellaria) obeliscus
original and current combination Vexillum (Costellaria)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva elegans
Ancillaria cinnamomea (Lamarck 1801)
recombined as Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa pullus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella (Conidea) flava
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra cf. straminea
Terebra duplicata Lamarck 1822
recombined as Terebra (Duplicaria) duplicata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Pionoconus) cf. erythraeensis
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767
Conus (Puncticulis) arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma garnonsii
synonym of Turris
Pleurotoma aff. variegata
synonym of Turris
Pleurotoma cingulifera Lamarck 1822
recombined as Lophiotoma cingulifera
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia baynhami
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
Strombus (Canarium) elegans
original and current combination Canarium
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Joannisiella cumingi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta (Lamarck 1818)
synonym of Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata
Venus (Clausinella) tiara
Dosinia hepatica
Dosinia histrio (Gmelin 1791)
Meretrix (Callista) florida
original and current combination Callista
Circe (Parmulina) corrugata (Dilwyn 1817)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium (Opisocardium) auricula
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella macandreae (Adams 1870)
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella jousseaumi
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys senatoria (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Mimachlamys senatoria
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Anadara) uropygmelana
original and current combination Anadara
Arca (Cunearca) rhombea Born 1778
recombined as Scapharca (Cunearca) rhombea
Arca (Anadara) clathrata Reeve 1844
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Pectunculus pectunculus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Glycymeris pectunculus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis forskali
see common names

Geography
Country:Djibouti
Coordinates: 12.2° North, 43.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.2° North, 43.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
Stage:Late/Upper Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: calcareous sandstone
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:96792
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-01 02:57:35 Last modified:2010-07-01 05:57:35
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-01 02:57:35
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33020. R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]