Inhambane: Pleistocene, Mozambique

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium obeliscus Bruguière 1792
synonym of Rhinoclavis sinensis
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polynices didyma
original and current combination Polinices
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus aurora
Conus catus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra marmarata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bullia natalensis
Bullia mozambicensis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Peristernia leucothea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra aurantia
Mitra litterata Lamarck 1811
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Pusia osiridis
original and current combination Vexillum (Pusia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva bulbosa
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Monoplex pilearis
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea arabica Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Mauritia arabica
Cypraea felina Gmelin 1791
recombined as Erronea (Melicerona) felina
Cypraea helveola (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
Cypraea caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
Cypraea erosa Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Naria erosa
Cypraea nucleus Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Cypraea (Staphylaea) nucleus
Gastropoda - Siphonariidae
Siphonaria capensis Quoy and Gaimard 1833
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa ricina
Drupa granulata
Drupa squamosa
Gastropoda
Amalthea barbata
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Amblychilepas scutella (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Amblychilepas scutellum
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus radiatus Gmelin 1792
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Phasianella kochi
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo natalensis
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Chloromytilus meridionalis (Krauss 1848)
Septifer bilocularis (Linnaeus 1758)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca plicata Dillwyn 1817
recombined as Acar plicata
Arca avellana Lamarck 1819
recombined as Lamarcka avellana
Arca morrumbenenesis
Arca obliquata
Arca navicularis Bruguière 1789
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea cucullata Born 1778
recombined as Saccostrea cuccullata
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys tinctus
Chlamys senatorius (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Mimachlamys senatoria
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus hystrix Roeding 1798
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella mozambicensis
Loripes rosacea
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Tivela polita
Tivela natalensis
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758
Sunetta contempta
Dosinia hepatica
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta (Felania) subradiata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama corbieri
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax bipartitus
Donax madagascariensis
Bivalvia - Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Glycimeris queketti
original and current combination Glycymeris
Glycimeris africana
original and current combination Glycymeris
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792
see common names

Geography
Country:Mozambique
Coordinates: 23.9° South, 35.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.9° South, 35.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. Assumed unlithified as it is described as a "raised beach".
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown. Originally reported by Cox, 1939.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:Column 15
Database number:122947
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-07 15:19:00 Last modified:2017-05-23 16:34:15
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-01-07 15:19:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39195. K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]