PBDB Collection

Locality 4, near Berrugo (Pleistocene of Spain)

Where: Spain (28.9° N, 13.8° W: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 13.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Ouljian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: "6m beach (6m above high tide); distinct from a 5m beach"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified limestone

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Lecointre, K. J. Tinkler, and H. G. Richards. 1967. The marine Quaternary of the Canary Islands. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 119(8):325-344 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 128327: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 06.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropods and bivalves. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.

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Gastropoda
Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae	Bittium reticulatum Bittium reticulatum da Costa 1778 cerith snail
Cerithioidea - Turritellidae	Turritella meta, Turritella ungulina, Turritella bicingulata, Turritella cf. torulosa Turritella meta turret shell Turritella ungulina turret shell Turritella bicingulata Lamarck 1822 turret shell Turritella cf. torulosa Kiener 1843 turret shell
Neogastropoda - Conidae	Conus mediterraneus Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	Nassarius argentea, Nassarius migra, Nassarius reticulatus Nassarius argentea snail Nassarius migra snail Nassarius reticulatus snail
Neogastropoda - Columbellidae	Columbella rustica Columbella rustica snail
Neogastropoda - Marginellidae	Marginella cf. monilis, Marginella cf. oryza Marginella cf. monilis margin shell Marginella cf. oryza margin shell
Lepetellida - Fissurellidae	Fissurella nubecua Fissurella nubecua snail
Trochoidea - Trochidae	Calliostoma dubius, Monodonta tamsi, Gibbula umbilicalis, Trochus lineata Calliostoma dubius top snail Monodonta tamsi top snail Gibbula umbilicalis top snail Trochus lineata top snail
Trochoidea - Turbinidae	"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus "Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail
Bivalvia
Arcida - Arcidae	Arca lactea Arca lactea Linnaeus 1767 ark
Cardiida - Veneridae	Dosinia sp., Tapes decussatus, Tapes senegalensis, "Venerupis irus" = Irus irus, Venus verrucosa, Meretrix (Pitar) tumens, Pitaria floridella, "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Dosinia sp. Scopoli 1777 venus clam Tapes decussatus venus clam Tapes senegalensis venus clam "Venerupis irus" = Irus irus Linnaeus 1767 venus clam Venus verrucosa venus clam Meretrix (Pitar) tumens Stenzel et al. 1957 venus clam Pitaria floridella venus clam "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam
Lucinida - Lucinidae	Loripes lacteus Loripes lacteus Deshayes 1850 clam
Carditida - Carditidae	Cardita tankervillei, "Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Cardita tankervillei clam "Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam