Where: Fiji (18.0° S, 178.5° E: paleocoordinates 19.1° S, 178.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Nakasi Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)
• age: ~ 1.8 Ma
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. J. Kohn and I. Arua. 1999. An Early Pleistocene molluscan assemblage from Fiji: gastropod faunal composition, paleoecology and biogeography. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 146:99-145 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 94832: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Anthozoa | |
Heterocyathus sulcatus stony coral
Heterocyathus aequicostatus Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Atys sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Scaphander sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
Acteon aff. teramachii Habe 1950 snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Pyramidella sp. Lamarck 1799 snail
Otopleura sp. Fischer 1885 snail
Syrnola brunnea snail | |
Rissoina bourneae snail | |
Terebellum terebellum Linnaeus 1758 true conch
Strombus labiatus Röding 1798 conch
Lambis crocata conch | |
Varicospira cancellata, "Tibia powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi
Varicospira cancellata Lamarck 1816 snail
"Tibia powisii" = Tibia (Sulcogladius) powisi Petit 1840 snail | |
Ficus variegata Röding 1798 fig shell | |
Vexillum gembacanum, Vexillum obeliscus, Vexillum cf. radix, Vexillum angustissima, Paradrillia cf. kakegawaensis
Vexillum gembacanum ribbed mitre
Vexillum obeliscus ribbed mitre
Vexillum cf. radix ribbed mitre
Vexillum angustissima ribbed mitre
Paradrillia cf. kakegawaensis ribbed mitre | |
Morula margariticola Broderip 1832 murex snail
Haustellum dolichourus murex snail
Murex aduncospinosus murex snail
Murex tenuirostrum murex snail | |
Harpa sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Cancellaria atopodonta snail | |
Turrancilla sp., Oliva sidelia, "Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina, Olivella apicalis, Olivella sp.
Turrancilla sp. von Martens 1903 olive snail
Oliva sidelia olive snail
"Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina Lamarck 1810 olive snail
Olivella apicalis olive snail
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
"Conus orbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) orbignyi, "Conus comatosa" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa, "Conus eugrammatus" = Conasprella (Conasprella) eugrammata, Conus sulcatus, Conus sp., Conus saecularis
"Conus orbignyi" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) orbignyi Audouin 1831 cone shell
"Conus comatosa" = Conasprella (Fusiconus) comatosa Pilsbry 1904 cone shell
"Conus eugrammatus" = Conasprella (Conasprella) eugrammata Bartsch and Rehder 1943 cone shell
Conus sulcatus cone shell
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus saecularis cone shell | |
Eucithara vittata snail | |
Duplicaria duplicaria auger snail
Terebra fenestrata auger snail
Terebra textilis Hinds 1844 auger snail | |
Gemmula speciosa turrid
Gemmula unedo turrid | |
Nassarius comptus, Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus, Nassarius crematus, Nassarius (Niotha) sinusigerus, Cyllene sp., Nassaria acuminata
Nassarius comptus snail
Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus Powys 1835 snail
Nassarius crematus Hinds 1844 snail
Cyllene sp. Gray 1834 snail
Nassaria acuminata snail | |
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798 snail
Mitrella puella snail
Mitrella ligula snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail | |
Metula ibbotsoni true whelk
Phos vitiensis true whelk
Phos roseatus true whelk
Colubraria tortuosa true whelk | |
Fusinus sp. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Granulifusus "sp. A" Kuroda and Habe 1952 snail | |
"Ziba interlirata" = Cancilla (Ziba), "Ziba bacillum" = Cancilla (Ziba)
"Ziba interlirata" = Cancilla (Ziba) mitre shell
"Ziba bacillum" = Cancilla (Ziba) mitre shell | |
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana
"Bursa rana" = Bufonaria (Bufonaria) rana Linnaeus 1758 frog shell | |
"Phalium bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata Schubert and Wagner 1829 snail
Phalium glabratum snail
Phalium areola Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Tonna allium tun shell
Tonna sulcosa tun shell | |
"Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus Röding 1798 triton shell
Gyrineum pusillum triton shell
Gyrineum gyrinum triton shell | |
Distorsio reticulata snail | |
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Natica arachnoidea moon snail
Natica (Tanea) euzona moon snail
Natica gualteriana Récluz 1843 moon snail | |
Epitonium sakuraii wentletrap | |
Inquisitor cf. angustus snail | |
Vermicularia "sp. A", "Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
Vermicularia "sp. A" Lamarck 1799 turret shell
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell | |
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula, Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi, Clypeomorus sp., Cerithium columna, Argyropeza schepmaniana, Argyropeza divina
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) sordidula cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail
Clypeomorus sp. Jousseaume 1888 cerith snail
Cerithium columna Sowerby l 1834 cerith snail
Argyropeza schepmaniana cerith snail
Argyropeza divina Melvill and Standen 1901 cerith snail | |
Monilea nucleus Philippi 1849 top snail
Monilea callifera Lamarck 1822 top snail
Monilea belcheri Philippi 1849 top snail | |
Turbo argyrostoma, "Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus, "Turbo squamosus" = Turbo laminiferus
Turbo argyrostoma snail
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
"Turbo squamosus" = Turbo laminiferus Reeve 1848 snail | |
Phasianella graeffei snail |