Egypt 9 (Mokattam) (Eocene of Egypt)

Where: Egypt (30.1° N, 31.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.2° N, 26.6° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: carbonate

Primary reference: H. L. Abbass. 1967. A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods. United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph (4)1-154 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2959: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 23.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Liotiidae
Liotia ghorabi Abbass 1967 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus tihensis Abbass 1967 top snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Calliomphalus bicarinatus Abbass 1967 snail
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
Tudicla africana Abbass 1967 snail
Eovasum basatinensis snail
originally entered as "Euvasum basatinensis"
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Boreoscala faizae Abbass 1967 wentletrap
Amaea issawii Abbass 1967 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma sameri Abbass 1967 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Mesalia tricarinata Abbass 1967 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Ectinochilus saidi Abbass 1967 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus wagihi Abbass 1967 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra mosaensis Abbass 1967 mitre shell
Mitraria awadi Abbass 1967 mitre shell
Mitraria obaidi Abbass 1967 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Leucozonia helmii Abbass 1967 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Closia gamali Abbass 1967 volute
Volutocorbis sohli Abbass 1967 volute
Volutocorbis humei Abbass 1967 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis moharrami Abbass 1967 fig shell
Ficus huzayeni Abbass 1967 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Semicassis ovoidea Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora rugata Abbass 1967 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Tectarius carinatus Abbass 1967 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Magnatica globosa Abbass 1967 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
Cerithiella spiralis Abbass 1967 snail
Cerithiella tuberculata Abbass 1967 snail
Cerithiella convexa Abbass 1967 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Hipponix gomai hoof shell
originally entered as "Hipponyx gomai"
Hipponix woodi hoof shell
originally entered as "Hipponyx woodi"
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica higazii Abbass 1967 sundial
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Velates tebanensis Abbass 1967 snail