Coast of Oaxaca: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Mexico
collected by Palmer

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella tigrina
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crucibulum spinosum Conrad 1855
Crucibulum imbricatum (Sowerby 1824)
recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) imbricata
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassis (Levenia) coarctata (Sowerby 1825)
recombined as Cypraecassis coarctata
Gastropoda - Pediculariidae
Trivia pustulata (Solander 1786)
recombined as Jenneria pustulata
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea arabicula Lamarck 1810
recombined as Pseudozonaria arabicula
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Trivia radians (Lamarck 1810)
recombined as Pusula radians
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gracilior Sowerby 1825
recombined as Strombus (Strombus) gracilior
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Chicoreus (Muricanthus) radix (Gmelin 1791)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva corticata Martyn 1786
recombined as Oliva (Oliva) corticata
SUBSPECIES: Oliva corticata incrassata
Olivella gracilis (Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae
Oliva testacea Lamarck 1811
recombined as Agaronia testacea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus sanguinolentus
Cantharus elegans (Guppy 1866)
recombined as Antillophos elegans
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria granosa Broderip 1832
synonym of Granolaria salmo
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene (Pyrene) fuscata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Terebra) strigata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus gladiator
Conus lucidus
Conus mahogani
Conus purpurascens
Conus princeps
Conus regularis Sowerby 1841
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Clavatula (Knefastia) olivacea (Sowerby I 1833)
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix barbatus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima tetrica Gould 1851
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Nodipecten nodosus
SUBSPECIES: Pecten (Lyropecten) nodosus intermedius
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris inaequalis (Sowerby 1832)
recombined as Glycymeris (Axinactis) inaequalis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Barbatia) reticulata (Gmelin 1792)
synonym of Acar domingensis
Arca (Arca) formosa (Sowerby 1833)
recombined as Anadara formosa
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia distinguenda (Tryon 1872)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitaria concinna (Sowerby 1835)
Pitar (Megapitaria) squalidus (Sowerby 1833)
recombined as Megapitaria squalida
Irus foliaceus
    = Paphonotia elliptica Sowerby 1834
Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012
Venus (Antigona) multicostata Sowerby 1835
recombined as Periglypta multicostata
Amiantis (Hysteroconcha) lupanaria (Lesson 1831)
recombined as Hysteroconcha lupanaria
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum magnificum (Carpenter 1857)
synonym of Ctenocardia biangulata
Papyridea spinosa (Meuschen 1787)
SUBSPECIES: Papyridea spinosa aspera
    = Papyridea aspersa
Coan and Valentich-Scott 2012
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans affinis (Sowerby 1823)
recombined as Carditamera affinis
Cardita cuvieri Broderip 1832
synonym of Cardites crassicostata
see common names

Geography
Country:Mexico
Coordinates: 17.0° North, 96.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.0° North, 96.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
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: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Pleistocene, according to text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Presumably siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Unknown.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Palmer
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: R.H. Palmer. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, but with antiquated nomenclature (revised through other sources), but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:96870
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-07 08:29:53 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-07 08:29:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33050. U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale. 1931. Catalogue of the Marine Pliocene and Pleistocene Mollusca of California. Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History 1:1-1036 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Marcot]

Secondary references:

41911 E. V. Coan and P. Valentich-Scott. 2012. Bivalve Seashells of Tropical West America. Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Baja California to Northern Peru. Santa Barbara museum of Natural history monographs 6:1-1258 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]