Where: Morocco (32.3° N, 8.9° W: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 8.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)
• Level G; Tyrrhenian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. Lecointre. 1952. Recherches sur le Neogene et le Quaternaire marins de la cote Atlantique du Maroc. Publications du Service geologique du Maroc 99(1,2):1-174 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127580: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 18.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Calcarea | |
Leuconia bidentata calcareous sponge | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca (Fossularca) lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark | |
Gastropoda | |
Fissurella reticulata snail | |
Trochus (Calliostoma) granulatim, "Trochus (Gibbula) magus" = Gibbula, Clanculus sp., "Trochus (Monodonta) lineatus" = Monodonta
Trochus (Calliostoma) granulatim top snail
"Trochus (Gibbula) magus" = Gibbula top snail
Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
"Trochus (Monodonta) lineatus" = Monodonta top snail | |
Phasianella pullus snail | |
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817 snail
Turbonilla pusilla snail | |
Bittium latreillei cerith snail
Bittium lacteum cerith snail
Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail | |
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
Littorina (Melaraphe) neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
Rissoa guerini, Rissoa costata, Rissoa cimex, Rissoa lactea, Rissoa geryonius, Rissoa reticulata, Rissoa ventricosa, "Rissoa (Alvania) lineata" = Alvania, "Rissoa pagodula" = Alvania pagodula
Rissoa guerini snail
Rissoa costata snail
Rissoa cimex snail
Rissoa lactea snail
Rissoa geryonius snail
Rissoa reticulata Montfort 1810 snail
Rissoa ventricosa Desmarest 1826 snail
"Rissoa (Alvania) lineata" = Alvania snail
"Rissoa pagodula" = Alvania pagodula Bucquoy et al. 1884 snail | |
Barleeia rubra snail | |
Vermetus cristatus Martin 1879 worm shell | |
"Trivia europaea" = Trivia (Trivia) europaea
"Trivia europaea" = Trivia (Trivia) europaea Montfort 1808 snail | |
Mitra cornicula mitre shell | |
Columbella rustica, Columbella corniculata, "Columbella (Mitrella) scripta" = Mitrella, "Columbella (Mitrella) gervillei" = Mitrella, Columbella (Mitrella) broderipi
Columbella rustica snail
Columbella corniculata snail
"Columbella (Mitrella) scripta" = Mitrella snail
"Columbella (Mitrella) gervillei" = Mitrella snail
Columbella (Mitrella) broderipi Sowerby 1844 snail | |
Nassa mutabilis, Nassa reticulata, Nassa vaucheri, Nassa ferussaci, Nassa (Amycla) corniculum, Nassa (Amycla) pfeifferi, Chauvetia candida, Chauvetia pellisphocae
Nassa mutabilis true whelk
Nassa reticulata true whelk
Nassa ferussaci true whelk
Nassa (Amycla) corniculum true whelk
Nassa (Amycla) pfeifferi true whelk
Chauvetia candida true whelk
Chauvetia pellisphocae true whelk | |
"Nassa (Arcularia) granum" = Nassarius (Arcularia), "Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus
"Nassa (Arcularia) granum" = Nassarius (Arcularia) snail
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail subspecies "N. incrassata var. senegalensis"
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Clavatula sp. Lamarck 1801 snail | |
"Mangelia purpurea" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia purpurea" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Marginella epigrus margin shell
Marginella philippii margin shell
Marginella miliaria margin shell
Marginella oryza margin shell | |
Murex (Tritonalia) aciculata, Murex (Tritonalia) miscowicki, Murex (Tritonalia) decussatus, Murex (Tritonalia) edwardsi, Murex (Tritonalia) corallina, "Murex (Tritonalia) erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus
Murex (Tritonalia) aciculata murex snail
Murex (Tritonalia) miscowicki murex snail
Murex (Tritonalia) decussatus murex snail
Murex (Tritonalia) edwardsi murex snail
Murex (Tritonalia) corallina murex snail
"Murex (Tritonalia) erinaceus" = Ocenebra erinaceus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithiopsis tubercularis Montagu 1803 snail |