Where: Japan (34.7° N, 131.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 129.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Age given as early Middle Miocene
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area
Primary reference: K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44958: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Scaphopoda | |
Fissidentalium yokoyamai tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Lucinoma sp., "Lucinoma cf. acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901 clam
"Lucinoma cf. acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam | |
Cultellus izumoensis Yokoyama 1923 clam | |
"Latona sp." = Donax (Latona)
"Latona sp." = Donax (Latona) Schumacher 1817 clam | |
Macoma izurensis, ""Fabulina" sp." = Tellina (Fabulina)
Macoma izurensis tellin clam
""Fabulina" sp." = Tellina (Fabulina) tellin clam | |
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) cockle | |
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina)
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam | |
Cyclina hwabongriensis, Cyclina takeyamai, "Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma), "Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax)
Cyclina hwabongriensis venus clam
Cyclina takeyamai venus clam
"Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
"Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax) venus clam | |
Cardilia toyamaensis clam | |
"Hiatula cf. minoensis" = Mya
"Hiatula cf. minoensis" = Mya softshell clam | |
"Anisocorbula osawanoensis" = Caryocorbula (Anisocorbula) osawanoensis, "Solidicorbula cf. succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Anisocorbula osawanoensis" = Caryocorbula (Anisocorbula) osawanoensis Tsuda 1959 clam
"Solidicorbula cf. succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam | |
Anomia asagaiensis jingle | |
Acesta cf. watanabei file clam | |
Propeamussium tateiwai mud scallop
Propeamussium sp. de Gregorio 1884 mud scallop | |
Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop
Chlamys cf. nisataiensis Otuka 1935 scallop
"Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai Yokoyama 1926 scallop | |
Saccostrea sp. Dolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920 oyster
Crassostrea gravitesta oyster | |
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Ennucula sp., "Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis
Ennucula sp. Iredale 1931 nut clam
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam | |
Polyplacophora | |
Lepidozona sp. Pilsbry 1892 chiton | |
Gastropoda | |
Ginebis osawanoensis, "Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus)
Ginebis osawanoensis top snail
"Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus) Ikebe 1942 top snail | |
Tateiwaia yamanarii horn snail
Tateiwaia tateiwai Makiyama 1936 horn snail
Vicarya japonica horn snail
Terebralia cf. itogawai horn snail | |
Turritella kadonosawensis turret shell | |
Nassarius simizui snail | |
"? Hemifusus mimasakensis" = Volema (Hemifusus)
"? Hemifusus mimasakensis" = Volema (Hemifusus) snail | |
Fulgoraria sp. Schumacher 1817 volute | |
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum, Euspira meisensis, "Neverita (Glossaulax) cf. coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) cf. coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae Makiyama 1926 moon snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell |