Eastern side of Sharm Obhur, north of Jeddah City, shell-rich calcareous unit (Pleistocene of Saudi Arabia)

Where: Saudi Arabia (21.7° N, 39.1° E: paleocoordinates 21.7° N, 39.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; calcareous limestone

• shell-rich calcareous clay

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Primary reference: R. -H. Abu-Zied and R. A. Bantan. 2018. Late Pleistocene gastropods from the raised reefal limestone of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: taxonomic and palaeoenvironmental implications. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 92:65-86 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192720: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.04.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
Tectus dentatus top snail
Tectus virgatus top snail
"Clanculus pharaonius" = Clanculus (Clanculus) pharaonius Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Trochoidea - Phasianellidae
Phasianella variegata Lamarck 1822 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus, "Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
"Turbo radiatus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) radiatus Gmelin 1791 snail
"Turbo petholatus" = Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium simplex cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) kochi Philippi 1848 cerith snail
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) fasciata Bruguiere 1792 cerith snail
Cerithium scabridum Philippi 1848 cerith snail
Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
"Cerithium rostratum" = Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
Planaxis sulcatus Born 1780 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus pennaceus cone shell
Conus taeniatus cone shell
Conus timorensis cone shell
Conus ventricosus cone shell
Conus parius cone shell
Conus lividus Bruguière 1792 cone shell
Conus nussatella Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra consobrina auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Lophiotoma abbreviata Reeve 1843 turrid
Polystira albida Perry 1811 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Indothais lacera Born 1778 murex snail
Chicoreus virgineus murex snail
Chicoreus ramosus Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
Murex forskoehlii murex snail
Bolinus brandaris Linnaeus 1758 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Fulgoraria rupestris" = Voluta rupestris
"Fulgoraria rupestris" = Voluta rupestris Gmelin 1791 volute
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Ancilla lineolata olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Turbinellidae
Vasum turbinellus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassarius concinnus" = Nassarius (Zeuxis) concinnus Powys 1835 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus polygonus Gmelin 1791 snail
Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus 1758 snail
Triplofusus giganteus Kiener 1840 snail
Filifusus filamentosus Röding 1798 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Pollia fumosa" = Cantharus (Pollia), "Pollia incarnata" = Cantharus (Pollia), Nassa francolina
"Pollia fumosa" = Cantharus (Pollia) true whelk
"Pollia incarnata" = Cantharus (Pollia) true whelk
Nassa francolina true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Tonna galea Linnaeus 1758 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
Monoplex aquatilis Reeve 1844 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bufonaria (Bufonaria) thersites Redfield 1846 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Erronea caurica Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Lyncina vitellus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
Cypraea pantherina Solander 1786 cowry
"Talparia (Cypraea) talpa" = Talparia talpa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Mauritia arabica grayana" = Mauritia grayana Schilder 1930 cowry
Erosaria spurca Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
"Tricornis tricornis" = Strombus (Tricornis) conch
"Conomurex fasciatus" = Strombus (Conomurex) conch
"Conomurex persicus" = Strombus (Conomurex) conch
Lambis lambis Linnaeus 1758 conch
Terestrombus terebellatus Sowerby 1842 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Notocochlis gualteriana" = Natica gualteriana Récluz 1843 moon snail
Polinices mammilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Aliculastrum cylindricum Helbling 1779 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Bullidae
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail