Core MAY.KL 89028, Boueni bay (1.1-2 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, 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 209865: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.05.2020

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchiata -
Cephalaspidea indet. Fischer 1883 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Retusidae
Retusa sp. Brown 1827 snail
 Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble
Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Vitrinella sp. Adams 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbellidae indet. Swainson 1840 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conidae indet. Fleming 1822 cone shell
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium sp. Bolten 1798 wentletrap
 Cerithioidea - Scaliolidae
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides
"Finella pupoides" = Finella (Finella) pupoides Adams 1860 snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula sp. Deshayes 1838 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
 Cardiida -
"Veneracea indet." = Veneroidea
"Veneracea indet." = Veneroidea Rafinesque 1815 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Spiroloculinidae
Spiroloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Globigerinoides sacculifer" = Trilobatus sacculifer Brady 1877
Globigerinoides ruber d'Orbigny 1839
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp. Monfort 1808
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Rosalinidae
Gavelinopsis sp. Hofker 1951