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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Barbatia lacerata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Navicula ventricosa" = Arca ark
"Barbatia (Acar) divaricata" = Acar miniature ark | |
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Cucullaea concamera clam | |
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Glycymeris arabica clam | |
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Spondylus marisrubi scallop | |
"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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Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam
Lucina dentifera Jonas 1846 clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) leucostomum" = Trachycardium, "Cardium (Fragum) fornicatum" = Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata, Tridacna croacea
"Cardium (Trachycardium) leucostomum" = Trachycardium cockle
"Cardium (Fragum) fornicatum" = Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata Sowerby 1840 cockle
Tridacna croacea cockle | |
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata
"Diplodonta rotundata" = Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata Montagu 1803 clam | |
Lioconcha ornata, Pitar hebraeus, Circe corrugata, "Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea, Dosinia histrio, Macrocallista florida
Lioconcha ornata Dillwyn 1817 venus clam
Pitar hebraeus venus clam
Circe corrugata Dilwyn 1817 venus clam
"Clementia papyracea" = Clementia (Clementia) papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
Macrocallista florida venus clam | |
Corbula sulculosa, "Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis
Corbula sulculosa clam
"Corbula taitensis" = Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis Lamarck 1818 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Architectonica perspectiva Linnaeus 1767 sundial | |
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Atys naucum Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
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Erronea caurica Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Erosaria ocellata Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
Strombus (Labiostrombus) fusiformis, Strombus (Canarium) fasciatus, "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus, "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 snail | |
Nassarius (Niotha) albescens, "Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus" = Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus
Nassarius (Niotha) albescens Dunker 1846 snail
"Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus" = Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus Adams 1851 snail | |
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Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
Conus (Dendroconus) erythraeensis cone shell | |
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Turris garnonsii turrid | |
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Ancilla (Sparella) acuminata olive snail | |
"Cymatium (Ranularia) vespaceum" = Monoplex vespaceus
"Cymatium (Ranularia) vespaceum" = Monoplex vespaceus Lamarck 1822 triton shell | |
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Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
Polinices (Naticina) powisiana Récluz 1844 moon snail | |
"Clava recurva" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava recurva" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |