Ras Bir I (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Where: Djibouti (12.0° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96793: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus (Tectus) dentatus Forskal 1775 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium erythraeonense, "Cerithium (Vertagus) vertagus" = Rhinoclavis, "Cerithium (Vertagus) fasciatum" = Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata
Cerithium erythraeonense Lamarck 1822 cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vertagus) vertagus" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
"Cerithium (Vertagus) fasciatum" = Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata Bruguiere 1792 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra bovei mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Ancillaria cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea
"Ancillaria cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa pullus true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis, "Conus (Chelyconus) catus" = Conus catus
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) catus" = Conus catus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
"Pleurotoma garnonsii" = Turris
"Pleurotoma garnonsii" = Turris turrid
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Bivalvia
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina, "Codakia (Jagonia) divergens" = Ctena (Ctena) divergens
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Codakia (Jagonia) divergens" = Ctena (Ctena) divergens Philippi 1850 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Circe (Crista) pectinata, "Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista, "Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta" = Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata
Circe (Crista) pectinata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista venus clam
"Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta" = Lioconcha (Lioconcha) ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Tellinella) rugosa Born 1780 tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) remies Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam