Hondeklip 30m Complex 2 (Pleistocene of South Africa)

Where: Western Cape, South Africa (33.9° S, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 34.0° S, 18.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithology not reported

• "proximal lower shoreface deposits" with "open-coast" taxa

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225 [J. Sessa/L. Eccles]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 118303: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Laurie Eccles on 12.10.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Patellogastropoda - Patellidae
Patella miniata, Patella sp.
Patella sp. Linnaeus 1758 limpet
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Fissurella glarea, Diodora elevata
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Clanculus murrayi
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo cidaris
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea kilburni
Calyptraea kilburni Kensley and Pether 1986 slipper shell
Calyptraea kilburni nom. nov.
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina sp.
Littorina sp. Ferussac 1821 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum concavum
Sinum concavum Lamarck 1822 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Vermetus sp.
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ocenebra petrocyon n. sp., Ocenebra bonaccorsii
Ocenebra petrocyon n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 murex snail
Ocenebra bonaccorsii Carrington and Kensley 1969 murex snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium lycocephalum n. sp.
Epitonium lycocephalum n. sp. Kensley and Pether 1986 wentletrap
Polyplacophora
 Chitonida - Chitonidae
cf. Chiton sp.
cf. Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758 chiton
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana bisupidata
Nuculana bisupidata pointed nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra
"Aulacomya ater" = Aulacomya atra Molina 1782 mussel
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Striostrea margaritacea
Striostrea margaritacea Lamarck 1819 oyster
 Carditida - Condylocardiidae
Cuna aquaedulcensis, Carditella calipsamma
Cuna aquaedulcensis Kensley 1977 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Barnea truncata
Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria sp.
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Petricola prava, Venus verrucosa
Petricola prava venus clam
Venus verrucosa venus clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax rogersi
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina trilatera
Tellina trilatera tellin clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Phaxas decipiens