Cainhoy (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Berkeley County, South Carolina (32.9° N, 79.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 79.6° W)

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. S. Holmes. 1860. Post-Pleiocene Fossils of South Carolina. 1-122 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203377: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia granulatus Lea 1833 snail
"Turbonilla nivea" = Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) ivea Stimpson 1851 snail
Turbonilla caroliniana n. sp. Holmes 1859 snail
Turbonilla speira Ravenel 1859 snail
Turbonilla subulata n. sp. Holmes 1859 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Architectonica gemma n. sp. Holmes 1859 sundial
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Scalaria clathrus Linnaeus 1758 wentletrap
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata
"Littorina irrorata" = Littoraria irrorata Say 1822 periwinkle
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
"Adeorbis nautiliformis n. sp." = Cochliolepis parasitica
"Adeorbis nautiliformis n. sp." = Cochliolepis parasitica Stimpson 1858 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella ornata Ravenella 1859 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Pleurotoma cerinum" = Kurtziella cerina
"Pleurotoma cerinum" = Kurtziella cerina Kurtz and Stimpson 1851 snail