Where: Eritrea (15.2° N, 39.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 39.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 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 101543: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
Divaricella ornata clam | |
Cardium costatum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Circe corrugata Dilwyn 1817 venus clam
Macrocallista florida venus clam
Clementia papyracea Gray 1825 venus clam | |
Chama corbierei jewel box | |
Diplodonta globosa Forsskål 1775 clam | |
Mesodesma glabrata clam | |
Barbatia lacerata Linnaeus 1758 clam
Arca radiata Sowerby 1840 ark | |
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium fasciatum" = Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata, Cerithium cailliaudi
"Cerithium fasciatum" = Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata Bruguiere 1792 cerith snail
Cerithium cailliaudi cerith snail | |
Planaxis griseum snail | |
Cerithidea salmacida, "Potamides palustris" = Terebralia palustris
Cerithidea salmacida horn snail
"Potamides palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail | |
Vermetus gigas worm shell | |
"Cypraea turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea
"Cypraea turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea eburnea" = Erosaria eburnea Barnes 1824 Ivory Cowry | |
Nassa coronata true whelk | |
Conus schech, Conus textile, Conus arenatus, "Conus amadis" = Conus (Leptoconus) amadis, Conus generalis
Conus schech cone shell
Conus textile cone shell
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
"Conus amadis" = Conus (Leptoconus) amadis Martini 1773 cone shell
Conus generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell | |
"Ancilla cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea
"Ancilla cinnamomea" = Ancilla (Sparella) cinnamomea Lamarck 1801 olive snail | |
"Ocinebra sp." = Ocenebra
"Ocinebra sp." = Ocenebra Leach in Gray 1847 murex snail | |
"Rostellaria fusus" = Tibia
"Rostellaria fusus" = Tibia true conch | |
Natica mammilla, "Natica powisiana" = Polinices peselephanti
Natica mammilla moon snail
"Natica powisiana" = Polinices peselephanti Link 1807 moon snail | |
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla, Nerita undata
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail |