Shek Seyd Island (Pleistocene of Eritrea)

Where: Eritrea (15.6° N, 39.5° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 39.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101416: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia lacerata Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
var. arabica
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiola auriculata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus
"Modiola auriculata" = Modiolus (Modiolus) auriculatus Krauss 1848 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gafrarium pectinatum Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
Circe pectinata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama corbierei jewel box
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
Asaphis deflorata Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus dentatus Forskal 1775 top snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail
Nerita undata Linnaeus 1758 snail
var. striata
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica mammilla moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus
"Pyrula paradisiaca" = Ficus fig shell
var. nodosa
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail