Core MAY.KL 89006, NE Longoni lagoon (Holocene of Mayotte)

Where: Mayotte (12.7° S, 45.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• Material from 0-6.2 m depth in core

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: core

Primary reference: J. Zinke, J. J. G. Reijmer, M. Taviani, W. C. Dullo, and B. Thomassin. 2005. Facies and faunal assemblage changes in response to the Holocene transgression in the Lagoon of Mayotte (Comoro Archipelago, SW Indian Ocean). Facies 50:391-408 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 209856: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Diacria sp. Gray 1847 snail
Creseis acicula Renz 1829 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus labiosus" = Dominus labiosus
"Strombus labiosus" = Dominus labiosus Wood 1828 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides Adams 1860 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium nesoticum cerith snail
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Dialidae
Diala sp. Adams 1861 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Chrysallida sp. Carpenter 1856 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida -
"Veneracea indet." = Veneroidea
"Veneracea indet." = Veneroidea Rafinesque 1815 clam
Foraminifera
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839