Houma (Pleistocene of Tonga)

Where: Tonga (21.2° S, 175.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 175.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. M. Ostergaard. 1935. Recent and fossil marine Mollusca of Tongatabu. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 131:1-59 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 96474: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Trochus tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus, Trochus obeliscus, "Trochus incrassatus" = Trochus (Trochus) incrassatus
"Trochus tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus Kiener 1880 top snail
"Trochus incrassatus" = Trochus (Trochus) incrassatus Lamarck 1822 top snail
subsp. creniferus
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo crassus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) crassus, "Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo crassus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) crassus Wood 1828 snail
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus glans cone shell
Conus flavidus Lamarck 1810 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea lynx" = Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx, "Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus
"Cypraea lynx" = Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam