Zifaf Island, upper Marly limestone (locality F) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)
Where: Yemen (16.8° N, 41.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 16.4° N, 41.6° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kamaran Member (Abbas Formation), Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• basal cast besds of the marly limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55373: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 13.10.2005, edited by Austin Hendy
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Taxonomic list
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| Scaphopoda | |
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Dentalium aratorum tusk shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Cucullaea concamera clam | |
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Barbatia lacerata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Navicula ventricosa" = Arca ark
"Barbatia (Acar) divaricata" = Acar miniature ark | |
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Glycymeris arabica bittersweet clam | |
"Ostrea cristagalli" = Lopha cristagalli, "Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera
"Ostrea cristagalli" = Lopha cristagalli Linnaeus 1758 Cock's Comb Oyster
"Ostrea crenulifera" = Dendostrea crenulifera Sowerby 1873 oyster | |
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Spondylus marisrubi scallop | |
Corbula sulculosa, "Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis
Corbula sulculosa clam
"Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis Lamarck 1818 clam | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Lioconcha ornata, Pitar hebraeus, Macrocallista florida, Dosinia histrio, Circe corrugata, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea
Lioconcha ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Pitar hebraeus venus clam
Macrocallista florida venus clam
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Circe corrugata Dilwyn 1817 venus clam
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam | |
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Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam
Lucina dentifera Jonas 1846 clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) leucostomum" = Trachycardium, Tridacna croacea, "Cardium (Fragum) fornicatum" = Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata
"Cardium (Trachycardium) leucostomum" = Trachycardium cockle
Tridacna croacea cockle
"Cardium (Fragum) fornicatum" = Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata Sowerby 1840 cockle | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices (Naticina) powisiana Récluz 1844 moon snail | |
"Cymatium (Ranularia) vespaceum" = Monoplex vespaceus
"Cymatium (Ranularia) vespaceum" = Monoplex vespaceus Lamarck 1822 triton shell | |
Strombus (Canarium) fasciatus, "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus, Strombus (Labiostrombus) fusiformis, "Strombus (Canarium) plicatus" = Canarium
Strombus (Canarium) fasciatus Born 1778 conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus (Canarium) plicatus" = Canarium true conch | |
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Fusinus tuberculatus spindle shell | |
"Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus" = Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus, Nassarius (Niotha) albescens
"Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus" = Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus Adams 1851 snail
Nassarius (Niotha) albescens Dunker 1846 snail | |
"Conus (Dendroconus) erythraeensis" = Dendroconus, Conus arenatus
"Conus (Dendroconus) erythraeensis" = Dendroconus cone shell
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell | |
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Turris garnonsii turrid | |
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Ancilla (Sparella) acuminata olive snail | |
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Erosaria ocellata Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Erronea caurica Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Clava recurva" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava recurva" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
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Fissurella (Diodora) ruppellii keyhole limpet | |
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Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus 1767 sundial | |
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Atys naucum Linnaeus 1758 snail | |