Algoa Bay area (Pleistocene of South Africa)
Also known as Column 13
Where: South Africa (33.8° S, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.9° S, 25.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. Assumed unlithified as it is described as a "raised beach".
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Unknown. Originally reported by Stow,1871, Johnson, 1904, Schwarz, 1910, Newton, 1913, and Woods, 1908.
Primary reference: K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 122945: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 07.01.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications.
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| unclassified | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Turbonilla kraussi Clessin 1890 snail | |
"Gadinia costata" = Trimusculus
"Gadinia costata" = Trimusculus button snail | |
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Solidula sulcata snail | |
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Ringicula turtoni snail | |
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Haliotis midae abalone | |
"Pupillaea aperta" = Fissurellidea aperta, Fissurella robusta, Fissurella mutabilis, Fissurella natalensis
"Pupillaea aperta" = Fissurellidea aperta Sowerby 1825 snail
Fissurella robusta snail
Fissurella mutabilis snail
Fissurella natalensis snail | |
Oxystele sinensis, Oxystele variegata, Oxystele tigrina, Cantharidus fultoni, Stomatella cf. sulcifera, Stomatella articulata
Oxystele sinensis top snail
Oxystele variegata top snail
Oxystele tigrina Anton 1839 top snail
Cantharidus fultoni top snail
Stomatella cf. sulcifera top snail
Stomatella articulata top snail | |
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Turbo cidaris snail
Turbo natalensis snail | |
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Siphonaria deflexa pulmonate | |
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum
"Thais squamosa" = Sistrum squamosum Pease 1868 snail | |
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Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
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Philine sp. Ascanius 1772 snail | |
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Patella argenvillei limpet
Patella tabularis limpet
"Patella cochlear" = Scutellastra cochlear Born 1778 limpet | |
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Cerithium rufonodulosum cerith snail
Cerithium oscitans cerith snail
"Cerithium kochi" = Rhinoclavis kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail | |
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
"Turritella carinifera" = Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera Deshayes 1824 turret shell | |
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Pirenella stowi horn snail | |
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Crepidula porcellana slipper shell
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell | |
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Littorina capensis periwinkle | |
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Triforis punctata snail | |
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Alvania fenestrata snail | |
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Demoulia abbreviata snail
Demoulia retusa Lamarck 1822 snail
Bullia annulata Lamarck 1816 snail
Bullia laevissima Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Melapium patersonae, "Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale, Burnupena cincta, Burnupena lagenaria, Nassa capensis, Nassa kraussiana
Melapium patersonae true whelk
"Bullia digitalis" = Buccinum digitale Dillwyn 1817 true whelk
Burnupena cincta true whelk
Burnupena lagenaria true whelk
Nassa capensis true whelk
Nassa kraussiana true whelk | |
"Mangilia verrucosa" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangilia verrucosa" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
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Clionella rosaria snail | |
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Conus infrenatus cone shell
Conus aurora cone shell | |
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Ancilla obtusa olive snail
Ancilla fasciata olive snail | |
Vexillum capense, "Pusia patula" = Vexillum (Pusia)
Vexillum capense ribbed mitre
"Pusia patula" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre | |
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Marginella mosaica margin shell
Marginella piperata margin shell | |
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Voluta africana Adegoke 1977 volute | |
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis, Thais dubia
"Thais capensis" = Reishia capensis Saussaye 1852 murex snail
Thais dubia Krauss 1848 murex snail | |
"Cypraea capensis" = Cypraeovula (Cypraeovula) capensis
"Cypraea capensis" = Cypraeovula (Cypraeovula) capensis Gray 1828 cowry | |
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Tonna variegata tun shell
Tonna dunkeri tun shell | |
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Phalium zeylanicum snail
Phalium labiata snail | |
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Cymatium dolarium triton shell
Cymatium africanum triton shell | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Lanistina cuneata" = Musculus
"Lanistina cuneata" = Musculus mussel | |
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Modiolus auriculatus Krauss 1848 mussel
Modiolus philippinarum Hanley 1844 mussel | |
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Pecten sulcicostata scallop | |
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Lima rotundata file clam
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
"Melina cf. gaudichaudi" = Isognomon (Melina)
"Melina cf. gaudichaudi" = Isognomon (Melina) oyster | |
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Ostrea atherstonei oyster | |
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"Arca gibba" = Barbatia gibba Martin 1879 clam
Arca obliquata ark
"Arca avellana" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam | |
"Arca decussata" = Glycymeris decussata
"Arca decussata" = Glycymeris decussata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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"Cardium turtoni" = Papillicardium turtoni Sowerby 1894 cockle
Cardium edgari cockle
Cardium pulchella cockle | |
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Donax oweni clam
Donax burnupi clam | |
Apolymetis orbicularis, Tellina ludwigii, Tellina madagascariensis, Macoma litoralis, Gastrana abildgaardiana
Apolymetis orbicularis tellin clam
Tellina ludwigii tellin clam
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791 tellin clam
Macoma litoralis tellin clam
Gastrana abildgaardiana Spengler 1798 tellin clam | |
"Psammobia sp." = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia sp." = Gari (Psammobia) clam | |
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis
"Diplodonta (Felania) cf. senegalensis" = Felaniella senegalensis Reeve 1850 clam | |
Venus verrucosa, Dosinia hepatica, Dosinia africana, Tapes corrugata, Tapes dura, Tivela transversa, Tivela baini, Macrocallista cf. lilacina, Chamelea schwarzi, Chamelea rogersi
Venus verrucosa venus clam
Dosinia hepatica venus clam
Dosinia africana Gray 1838 venus clam
Tapes corrugata venus clam
Tivela transversa venus clam
Tivela baini venus clam
Macrocallista cf. lilacina venus clam
Chamelea schwarzi venus clam
Chamelea rogersi venus clam | |
Lutraria oblonga, "Schizodesma ? spengleri" = Scissodesma, "Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta, Mactra glabrata, Mactra rosea
Lutraria oblonga Gmelin 1791 clam
"Schizodesma ? spengleri" = Scissodesma clam
"Mactra ovalina" = Mactrotoma angusta Reeve 1854 surfclam
Mactra glabrata clam
Mactra rosea clam | |
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Pholas dactylus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
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Solen capensis clam | |
"Glycimeris pilosa" = Glycymeris, Panopea natalensis
"Glycimeris pilosa" = Glycymeris clam
Panopea natalensis clam | |
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Lucina edentula clam
Loripes clausus clam | |
| Polyplacophora | |
"Amphineura indet." = Polyplacophora
"Amphineura indet." = Polyplacophora de Blainville 1816 chiton | |
| Acera | |