Miike, Chikugo: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Japan
collected by Aoki

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea gigas Thunberg 1793
recombined as Crassostrea gigas
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lischkei
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca (Scapharca) granosa (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa
Arca (Scapharca) subcrenata
original and current combination Scapharca
Arca (Scapharca) satowi Dunker 1882
recombined as Scapharca satowi
Arca (Navicula) arabica Philippi 1847
synonym of Lamarcka avellana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Arcopagia) diaphana
original and current combination Arcopagia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra veneriformis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia japonica
Paphia (Ruditapes) philippinarum
Venerupis mitis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Mya arenaria Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus japonicus
SUBSPECIES: Viviparus japonicus iwakawai
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Lacuna sp. Turton 1827
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Rapana thomasiana
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria laticosta
Cancellaria spengleriana
Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) bocageana
original and current combination Trigonostoma
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Hemifusus ternatanus (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius festivus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella (Astyris) martensi
original and current combination Astyris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus perplexus
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Neverita) didyma (Röding 1798)
recombined as Glossaulax didyma
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium lineolatum
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Batillaria zonalis
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Thiara libertina
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus metcalfei
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Tympanotonos cingulatus
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Fedaiellidae
Natica maculosa Klipstein 1843
synonym of Fedaiella neritacea
see common names

Geography
Country:Japan
Coordinates: 33.1° North, 130.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.4° North, 124.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From raised beach deposits.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified not reported
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Presumably unlithified.
Environment:foreshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Aoki
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Aoki. REPOSITORY: Unknown.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:96944
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-13 18:36:11 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-13 18:36:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

33103. S. Nomura. 1932. Mollusca from the raised beach deposits of the Kwantô region. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 15(2):65-141 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]