Division C, Bursledon Brickworks (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

Where: England, United Kingdom (50.9° N, 1.3° W: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 3.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Division C Member (London Clay Formation), Ypresian (56.0 - 47.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty, sandy shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: P. Jeffery and S. Tracey. 1997. The Early Eocene London Clay Formation mollusc fauna of the former Bursledon Brickworks, Lower Swanwick, Hampshire. Tertiary Research 17(3-4):75-137 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Layou]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 3268: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Karen Layou on 28.07.1999, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Antalis constricta Newton and Harris 1894 tusk shell
common
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Cadulus sp. Philippi 1844 tusk shell
"(s.l.) sp." rare
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Lithophaga" tubicola Wood 1861 mussel
uncommon
Amygdalum cf. simplex Sowerby 1850 mussel
uncommon
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris brevirostris Sowerby 1824 clam
uncommon
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte cf. gryphovicinus Wood 1861 oyster
common
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Atrina affinis Sowerby 1821 oyster
common
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Pteria papyracea Sowerby 1837 pearl oyster
rare
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Lentipecten corneus Sowerby 1818 scallop
uncommon
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia anomialis Lamarck 1819 jingle
uncommon
Heteranomia scabrosa Wood 1861 scallop
uncommon
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula globosa Sowerby 1818 clam
uncommon
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
Teredina personata Lamarck 1806 clam
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
Teredo davisi Gale 1995 clam
Bankia sp. Gray 1842 clam
uncommon
Nausitora wrigleyi Gale 1995 clam
rare
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra splendens Sowerby 1837 abra
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arctica planata Sowerby 1841 clam
uncommon
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Calpitaria) sulcatarius Deshayes 1825 venus clam
uncommon
 Cardiida - Kelliellidae
Lutetia parisiensis Deshayes 1860 clam
rare
 Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus affinis Sowerby 1812 clam
uncommon
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea intermedia Sowerby 1814 clam
common
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia oblata Sowerby 1826 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Euciphoceras regale Sowerby 1823 nautiloid
rare
 Nautilida - Hercoglossidae
Deltoidonautilus sowerbyi Wetherell 1843 nautiloid
Cimomia imperialis Sowerby 1812 nautiloid
uncommon
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
Solariorbis lawsoni n. sp. Jeffery and Tracey 1997 snail
uncommon
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna cf. angystoma Deshayes 1824 snail
uncommon
Scaphander cf. polysarcus Cossmann and Pissarro 1913 snail
uncommon
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia "sp. 2" Fleming 1817 snail
uncommon
Odostomia lignitarum Deshayes 1861 snail
uncommon
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Acteon sp. Montfort 1810 snail
uncommon
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula turgida Sowerby 1817 snail
uncommon
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Crassiscala subterranea Wrigley 1940 wentletrap
uncommon
Cirsotrema sp. Mörch 1852 wentletrap
rare
Littoriniscala scalarioides Sowerby 1850 wentletrap
rare
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Haustator dixoni Deshayes 1861 turret shell
uncommon
Ispharina aff. sulcifera Deshayes 1832 turret shell
common
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Euspira glaucinoides Sowerby 1812 moon snail
uncommon
Sigatica hantoniensis Pilkington 1804 moon snail
uncommon
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
"Priscoficus smithii" = Priscoficus smithi
"Priscoficus smithii" = Priscoficus smithi Sowerby 1827 fig shell
uncommon
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Turricula cochlis Edwards 1861 ribbed mitre
Turricula keelei Edwards 1857 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Wrigleya transversaria Wrigley 1925 true whelk
uncommon
Cantharus (Eocantharus) morrisii Edwards 1866 true whelk
uncommon
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Streptolathyrus cymatodis Edwards 1866 snail
common
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Bonellitia subevulsa d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Neogastropoda - Pseudolividae
Fusulculus alienopriscus n. sp. Pacaud and Tracey 2000 snail
rare
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Trachelochetus cf. nodosarius Edwards 1861 turrid
rare
Surculites errans Solander 1766 turrid
uncommon
Eopleurotoma wetherellii Edwards 1861 turrid
uncommon
 Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae
Cochlespira gyrata Edwards 1857 snail
uncommon
 Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae
Amblyacrum leptocolpa Cossmann 1889 snail
rare
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
Bathytoma granata Edwards 1861 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Poirieria subcristata d'Orbigny 1850 murex snail
uncommon
 Sorbeoconcha - Rostellariidae
Tibia (Eotibia) sublucida Lowry et al. 1866 snail
common
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais clarendonensis Wrigley 1938 snail
uncommon
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Galeodea (Mambrinia) gallica Wrigley 1934 snail
Sconsia augustana Wrigley 1934 snail
rare
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Seila mundula Deshayes 1865 snail
uncommon
 Sorbeoconcha - Triforidae
Cerithiella elongata Wrigley 1940 snail
uncommon
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Sigapatella echinulata Sowerby 1815 slipper shell
uncommon