DV 912, 913, 1027a, 1406, 1407, 1408, 7086, 7087, 7088 (Pleistocene of Peru)

Where: Ica, Peru (15.5° S, 74.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.6° S, 74.5° W)

When: Pongo-2 Member (Pongo Formation), Calabrian (1.8 - 0.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shoreface; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: T. J. DeVries. 2020. Lithostratigraphy and Biostratigraphy of Pliocene and Pleistocene Marine Deposits and Age of the highest Marine Terrace from the Sacaco Basin and its Environs (southern Peru). Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica del Perú 114:21-58 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 219105: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 18.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanidae indet. Leach 1817 barnacle
barnacles
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Prisogaster niger Wood 1828 snail
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepipatella dilatata Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
low-profile
Crucibulum lignarium slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices uber Valenciennes 1821 moon snail
Sinum cymba Menke 1828 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Concholepas concholepas Bruguiére 1789 murex snail
"Thais chocolata" = Stramonita chocolata Duclos 1832 murex snail
Xanthochorus xuster DeVries 2005 murex snail
transitional to X, cassidiformis
Xanthochorus buxeus Broderip 1833 murex snail
Acanthina unicornis Bruguiére 1789 unicorn
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva peruviana Lamarck 1811 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Thaisidae
Chorus grandis snail
transitional
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Choromytilus chorus Molina 1782 mussel
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris ovata Stanton 1895 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Argopecten sp. Monterosato 1889 calico scallop
Argopecten unicornis calico scallop
Argopecten purpuratus Lamarck 1819 calico scallop
 Pholadida - Myidae
Cryptomya californica Conrad 1837 softshell clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia edulis King 1831 clam
thick shelled
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama sp. Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Petricola sp. Lamarck 1801 venus clam
thick shelled
"Protothaca thaca" = Leukoma thaca Molina 1782 venus clam
Eurhomalea lenticularis Broderip and Sowerby 1835 venus clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis macha Molina 1782 clam