CAS Loc. 27250, South Seymour Island: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Ecuador
collected by Hertlein 1932

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Eucidaris thouarsii (Valencienncs 1846)
original and current combination Cidaris thouarsii
SUBSPECIES: Eucidaris thouarsii galapagensis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca reeveana d'Orbigny 1846
recombined as Barbatia (Cucullaearca) reeveana
Arca gradata Broderip and Sowerby 1829
recombined as Barbatia (Acar) gradata
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia galapagana (Dall 1901)
recombined as Ctena galapagana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella rugosa
Diodora inaequalis (Sowerby 1835)
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula snodgrassi
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium adustum
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus 1758)
Hipponix barbatus
Hipponix grayanus
Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus 1767)
    = Antisabia panamensis Adams 1852
Hendy 2020
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina dina
Alvania veleroana n. sp.
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia cf. pulla (Gaskoin 1846)
synonym of Niveria (Cleotrivia) occidentalis
Trivia pacifica (Gray 1832)
recombined as Niveria (Niveria) pacifica
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea nigropunctata Gray 1828
recombined as Pseudozonaria nigropunctata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra solitaria
Mitra (Strigatella) tristis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis cf. atrametaria
Pyrene fuscata
Pyrene haemastoma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
? Cantharus sp. Röding 1798
Engina maura
Engina reeviana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria haemastoma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia sp. (Loven 1846)
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum tuberculosum (Sowerby 1885)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella cf. phrygia
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais patula
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Ecuador
Coordinates: 0.4° South, 90.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.4° South, 90.3° West
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:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Late Pleistocene or Holocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Sandstone beds about 1.5 m thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Reddish sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:CAS
Collectors:Hertlein Collection dates:1932
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: L. G. Hertlein, 1932. REPOSITORY: CAS.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:96866
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-05 16:27:18 Last modified:2019-08-14 15:22:24
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-05 16:27:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33066. L. G. Hertlein. 1939. Marine Pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 23(24):367-380 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

32966 U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
63217 A. J. W. Hendy. 2020. Unpublished taxonomic backbone for Eastern Pacific Invertebrate Communities of the Cenozoic (EPICC) Thematic Collections Network. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]