528A (0-100 ft), Funafuti Atoll (Holocene of Tuvalu)

Where: Tuvalu (8.5° S, 179.2° E: paleocoordinates 8.5° S, 179.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Holocene, on the basis of stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite list from several beds within this section of drill core, from 0-100 ft.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• ENVIRONMENT: Carbonate facies. Shallow water. No paleoenvironmental data presented.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Royal Society & Edgeworth in 1897; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Royal Society and T.W. Edgeworth, 1897. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78035: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Caecidae
 Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
"Marginella (Granula) cf. iota" = Granula2
"Marginella (Granula) cf. iota" = Granula2 margin shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
 Cerithioidea - Dialidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Lepetellida - Anatomidae
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
"Lucilina sp." = Tonicia (Lucilina)
"Lucilina sp." = Tonicia (Lucilina) Dall 1882 chiton