Where: Japan (34.9° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 130.3° 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
•Help provided by Mariko Kura
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 44961: 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 | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
Acharax tokunagai Awning Clam | |
Ennucula osawanoensis nut clam
Ennucula sp. Iredale 1931 nut clam
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam | |
Anadara (Hataiarca) sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam | |
Crassostrea gravitesta oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
Acesta cf. goliath file clam | |
Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop
Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai Yokoyama 1925 scallop | |
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Panopea nomurae clam | |
"Hiatula minoensis" = Mya, Mya cuneiformis
"Hiatula minoensis" = Mya softshell clam
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915 softshell clam | |
"Solidicorbula succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Solidicorbula succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam | |
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Macoma izurensis tellin clam | |
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) cockle | |
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria), "Phacosoma suketoensis" = Dosinia (Phacosoma), Cyclina hwabongriensis, Cyclina takeyamai, Cyclina sp., Meretrix arugai
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
"Phacosoma suketoensis" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
Cyclina hwabongriensis venus clam
Cyclina takeyamai venus clam
Cyclina sp. venus clam
Meretrix arugai venus clam | |
Cardilia toyamaensis clam | |
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina), "Geloina stachi" = Polymesoda (Geloina)
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam
"Geloina stachi" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam | |
Nipponomarcia nakamurai Ikebe 1941 clam | |
Pillucina yokoyamai clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euspira meisensis, Neverita (Glossaulax) sp., "Neverita (Glossaulax) coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae, "Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail
Neverita (Glossaulax) sp. Pilsbry 1929 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae Makiyama 1926 moon snail
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail | |
Suavodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail | |
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
"Apollon osawanoensis" = Gyrineum
"Apollon osawanoensis" = Gyrineum triton shell | |
Echinophoria etchuensis Hatai and Nisiyama 1949 snail
Liracassis sp. Moore 1963 snail | |
"Globularia nakamurai" = Cernina fluctuata nakamurai
"Globularia nakamurai" = Cernina fluctuata nakamurai Otuka 1938 snail | |
Tateiwaia yamanarii, Tateiwaia tateiwai, Vicaryella bacula, Vicaryella cf. notoensis, Vicarya japonica
Tateiwaia yamanarii horn snail
Tateiwaia tateiwai Makiyama 1936 horn snail
Vicaryella bacula horn snail
Vicaryella cf. notoensis Masuda 1956 horn snail
Vicarya japonica horn snail | |
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava)
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava) cerith snail | |
"Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus)
"Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus) Ikebe 1942 top snail |