Where: Japan (35.3° N, 132.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 130.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
• Age given as middle to late Middle Miocene
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: foreshore; 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 44962: 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 | |
Portlandia gratiosa clam | |
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Ennucula praenipponica, "Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis
Ennucula praenipponica nut clam
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam | |
Modiolus difficilis, "Mytilus grayanus" = Crenomytilus grayanus
Modiolus difficilis mussel
"Mytilus grayanus" = Crenomytilus grayanus Dunker 1853 mussel | |
Glycymeris cisshuensis Makiyama 1926 clam | |
Crassostrea gigas Thunberg 1793 giant Pacific oyster | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Chlamys sp., "Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai, "Chlamys cf. otukae" = Chlamys (Chlamys) otukae, Kotorapecten kagamianus, Mizuhopecten sp., Placopecten cf. promollitus, Placopecten sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai Yokoyama 1926 scallop
"Chlamys cf. otukae" = Chlamys (Chlamys) otukae Masuda and Sawada 1961 scallop
Mizuhopecten sp. Masuda 1963 scallop
Placopecten cf. promollitus scallop
Placopecten sp. Verrill 1897 scallop | |
Pandora sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
Cultellus izumoensis Yokoyama 1923 clam | |
Panopea nomurae clam | |
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915 softshell clam | |
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Macoma optiva tellin clam | |
? Laevicardium shiobarense, Serripes cf. laperousi, "Clinocardium shinjiense" = Ciliatocardium shinjiense
? Laevicardium shiobarense cockle
Serripes cf. laperousi cockle
"Clinocardium shinjiense" = Ciliatocardium shinjiense Yokoyama 1923 cockle | |
"Chione" sp., Mercenaria yokoyamai, Callithaca sp., "Kaneharaia kaneharai" = Dosinia (Kaneharaia), "Phacosoma hataii" = Dosinia (Phacosoma), "Protothaca cf. tateiwai" = Leukoma, "Protothaca sp." = Leukoma, Pitar cf. semeliformis, Saxidomus purpurata, "Callista chinensis" = Callista (Callista) chinensis
"Chione" sp. von Mühlfield 1811 venus clam
Mercenaria yokoyamai quahog
Callithaca sp. Dall 1902 venus clam
"Kaneharaia kaneharai" = Dosinia (Kaneharaia) venus clam
"Phacosoma hataii" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
"Protothaca cf. tateiwai" = Leukoma venus clam
"Protothaca sp." = Leukoma Römer 1857 venus clam
Pitar cf. semeliformis venus clam
Saxidomus purpurata venus clam
"Callista chinensis" = Callista (Callista) chinensis Holten 1802 venus clam | |
"Spisula cf. voyi" = Mactromeris polynyma
"Spisula cf. voyi" = Mactromeris polynyma Stimpson 1860 clam | |
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum
"Lucinoma annulata" = Lucinoma annulatum Reeve 1850 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) kiritaniana" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail | |
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Olivella cf. iwakiensis olive snail | |
Fulgoraria sinziensis volute | |
Boreotrophon cf. elegantula murex snail
? Ocenebra sp. Leach in Gray 1847 murex snail | |
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail | |
Siphonalia sp. Adams 1863 true whelk
Buccinum yatukanum true whelk
Neptunea sp. Röding 1798 true whelk | |
Sydaphera sp. Iredale 1929 snail | |
Liracassis japonica snail | |
Turritella tanaguraensis turret shell | |
Galeoastraea sp. snail
Margarites sinzi snail | |
Protorotella sp. Makiyama 1925 top snail
Calliostoma simane top snail
Trochus sp. Linnaeus 1758 top snail | |
"Acmaea" sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet |