Hamada, San-in (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.9° N, 132.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 129.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Age given as early Middle Miocene

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Environments ranging from intertidal, eulitoral to sublitoral

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area

Primary reference: K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44959: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
"Aturia minoensis" = Aturia cubaensis
"Aturia minoensis" = Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841 nautiloid
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium yokoyamai
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma simane
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Lunella kurodai" = Turbo (Lunella)
"Lunella kurodai" = Turbo (Lunella) snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava)
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava) cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella kadonosawensis
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea cf. kanpokuensis, "Cerithideopsilla minoensis" = Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla), Vicaryella notoensis, Vicarya cf. yokoyamai
"Cerithideopsilla minoensis" = Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) horn snail
Vicaryella notoensis Masuda 1956 horn snail
Vicarya cf. yokoyamai Takeyama 1933 horn snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp.
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira meisensis, "Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Pugilina sazanami
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Noditerebra cf. osawanoensis" = Duplicaria
"Noditerebra cf. osawanoensis" = Duplicaria auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella fulgurata
Olivella fulgurata olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Chicoreus tiganouranus" = Chicoreus asanoi
"Chicoreus tiganouranus" = Chicoreus asanoi Masuda 1956 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cf. ohiroi
Cypraea cf. ohiroi Masuda 1967 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Serpulorbis sp.
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella confusa
Saccella confusa pointed nut clam
ssp. kongiensis
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes sp.
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys itogawae, Placopecten protomollitus, Mizuhopecten imamurai, Mizuhopecten kimurai
Mizuhopecten kimurai Yokoyama 1925 scallop
ssp. murayamai
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea gravitesta, Ostrea denselamellosa
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia osawanoensis, Barbatia cf. kubara, Anadara watanabei
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris minoensis, Glycymeris cisshuensis
Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Clinocardium andoi
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma optiva, Macoma izurensis
Macoma optiva tellin clam
Macoma izurensis tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma), "Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax), "Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria), "Siratoria cf. microsiratori" = Tapes (Siratoria), Meretrix lamarckii, Ezocallista kurodae
"Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
"Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax) venus clam
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
"Siratoria cf. microsiratori" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
Meretrix lamarckii venus clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya cuneiformis
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Solidicorbula nisataiensis" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Solidicorbula nisataiensis" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
"Teredo" sp.
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea japonica
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya turunagai
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Lucinoma acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Lucinoma acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Crassatina) pauxilla