Where: Japan (35.1° N, 132.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 129.6° 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 44960: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium sp. Fischer 1885 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Portlandia iwatensis clam | |
"Lamellinucula sp." = Nucula (Lamellinucula), "Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis
"Lamellinucula sp." = Nucula (Lamellinucula) Schenck 1944 nut clam
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam | |
Modiolus cf. wanizakiensis mussel
Modiolus arakawensis mussel | |
Solamen sp. Iredale 1924 crenella | |
"Anadara (Scapharca) setoensis" = Scapharca
"Anadara (Scapharca) setoensis" = Scapharca clam | |
Atrina sp. Gray 1842 oyster | |
"Chlamys cf. arakawai" = Chlamys (Chlamys) arakawai, Kotorapecten kagamianus, Mizuhopecten imamurai, Mizuhopecten sp., Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai
"Chlamys cf. arakawai" = Chlamys (Chlamys) arakawai Nomura 1935 scallop
Mizuhopecten imamurai scallop
Mizuhopecten sp. Masuda 1963 scallop
Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai Yokoyama 1925 scallop | |
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam | |
Thracia sp. Blainville 1824 clam | |
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Mya japonica" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya japonica" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam | |
Macoma optiva tellin clam | |
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium), ""Vasticardium" cf. ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) cockle
""Vasticardium" cf. ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) cockle | |
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria), "Phacosoma suketoensis" = Dosinia (Phacosoma), Venus sp., Cyclina lunulata, Clementina nakosoensis, Callista sp.
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
"Phacosoma suketoensis" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
Venus sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Cyclina lunulata Makiyama 1926 venus clam
Clementina nakosoensis venus clam
Callista sp. Poli 1791 venus clam | |
"Diplodonta" sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901 clam | |
Thyasira (Philis) sp. Lamarck 1818 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Inquisitor kurodae snail | |
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail | |
Makiyamaia sp. MacNeil 1960 ribbed mitre | |
Clavus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
Turricula atsukoae snail | |
Comitas sp. Finlay 1926 snail | |
"Musashia (Nipponomeron) "striata"" = Fulgoraria (Musashia)
"Musashia (Nipponomeron) "striata"" = Fulgoraria (Musashia) Hayashi 1966 volute | |
Boreotrophon osawanoensis murex snail
Boreotrophon sp. Fischer 1884 murex snail | |
Pugilina sazanami snail | |
Babylonia kozaiensis Nomura 1939 true whelk
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk
Ancistrolepis togariensis true whelk
Searlesia sp. Harmer 1914 true whelk
Pseudoneptunea sp. Kobelt 1882 true whelk | |
Fusitriton natoriana triton shell | |
Echinophoria etchuensis Hatai and Nisiyama 1949 snail | |
Eudolium sp. Dall 1889 tun shell | |
Calyptraea sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
Crepidula isimotoi slipper shell | |
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Telescopium schencki horn snail | |
Turritella yoshidai turret shell | |
Euchelus sp. Philippi 1847 snail | |
Minolia sp. Adams 1860 snail | |
Protorotella sp. Makiyama 1925 top snail
Calliostoma simane top snail |