Where: Japan (34.9° N, 132.1° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 129.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age given as early Middle Miocene
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area
Primary reference: K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44959: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium yokoyamai tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
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"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam | |
Brachidontes sp. Swainson 1840 mussel | |
Glycymeris minoensis clam
Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926 clam | |
Crassostrea gravitesta oyster
Ostrea denselamellosa oyster | |
Pholadomya turunagai clam | |
Panopea japonica clam | |
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915 softshell clam | |
"Solidicorbula nisataiensis" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Solidicorbula nisataiensis" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam | |
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Macoma optiva tellin clam
Macoma izurensis tellin clam | |
Clinocardium andoi cockle | |
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria), "Siratoria cf. microsiratori" = Tapes (Siratoria), "Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax), "Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma), Meretrix lamarckii, Ezocallista kurodae
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
"Siratoria cf. microsiratori" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
"Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax) venus clam
"Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
Meretrix lamarckii venus clam
Ezocallista kurodae venus clam | |
"Lucinoma acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata
"Lucinoma acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euspira meisensis, "Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail | |
"Noditerebra cf. osawanoensis" = Duplicaria
"Noditerebra cf. osawanoensis" = Duplicaria auger snail | |
Olivella fulgurata olive snail | |
"Chicoreus tiganouranus" = Chicoreus asanoi
"Chicoreus tiganouranus" = Chicoreus asanoi Masuda 1956 murex snail | |
Pugilina sazanami snail | |
Cypraea cf. ohiroi Masuda 1967 cowry | |
Serpulorbis sp. Sasso 1827 worm shell | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Vicaryella notoensis, Cerithidea cf. kanpokuensis, "Cerithideopsilla minoensis" = Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla), Vicarya cf. yokoyamai
Vicaryella notoensis Masuda 1956 horn snail
Cerithidea cf. kanpokuensis horn snail
"Cerithideopsilla minoensis" = Cerithidea (Cerithideopsilla) horn snail
Vicarya cf. yokoyamai Takeyama 1933 horn snail | |
Turritella kadonosawensis turret shell | |
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava)
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava) cerith snail | |
"Lunella kurodai" = Turbo (Lunella)
"Lunella kurodai" = Turbo (Lunella) snail | |
Calliostoma simane top snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Aturia minoensis" = Aturia cubaensis
"Aturia minoensis" = Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841 |