Core MAY.KL 89028, Boueni bay (0.3-0.7 m) (Holocene of Mayotte)

Where: Mayotte (12.9° S, 45.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

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 209863: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Creseis acicula Renz 1829 snail
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides Adams 1860 snail
 Cerithioidea - Dialidae
Diala sp. Adams 1861 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Striarca symmetrica" = Arcopsis symmetrica
"Striarca symmetrica" = Arcopsis symmetrica Reeve 1844 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gafrarium sp. Ršding 1798 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Poromyida - Cuspidariidae
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Bellucina sp." = Cardiolucina
"Bellucina sp." = Cardiolucina Sacco 1901 clam
Foraminifera
 Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae
Heterolepa sp. Franzenau 1884
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Soritidae
Amphisorus sp. Ehrenberg 1839
 Miliolida - Spiroloculinidae
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Pyrgo sp. Defrance 1824
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Rosalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804