Shobara, San-in, Japan (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.9° N, 133.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.6° N, 130.3° 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

• Environments ranging from intertidal, eulitoral to sublitoral

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area

•Help provided by Mariko Kura

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 44961: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Fissidentalium yokoyamai
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Vicarya japonica, Vicaryella bacula, Vicaryella cf. notoensis, Tateiwaia yamanarii, Tateiwaia tateiwai
Vicarya japonica horn snail
Vicaryella bacula horn snail
Vicaryella cf. notoensis Masuda 1956 horn snail
Tateiwaia tateiwai Makiyama 1936 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava)
"Cerithium (Proclava) ancisum" = Rhinoclavis (Proclava) cerith snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Globularia nakamurai" = Cernina fluctuata nakamurai
"Globularia nakamurai" = Cernina fluctuata nakamurai Otuka 1938 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Apollon osawanoensis" = Gyrineum
"Apollon osawanoensis" = Gyrineum triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
Echinophoria etchuensis, Liracassis sp.
Echinophoria etchuensis Hatai and Nisiyama 1949 snail
Liracassis sp. Moore 1963 snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella sp.
Olivella sp. Swainson 1831 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp.
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806 snail
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Suavodrillia sp.
Suavodrillia sp. Dall 1918 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum, Neverita (Glossaulax) sp., "Neverita (Glossaulax) coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae, Euspira meisensis
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail
Neverita (Glossaulax) sp. Pilsbry 1929 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae Makiyama 1926 moon snail
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus)
"Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus) Ikebe 1942 top snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp.
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis, Ennucula osawanoensis, Ennucula sp.
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam
Ennucula sp. Iredale 1931 nut clam
 Solemyida - Solemyidae
Acharax tokunagai
Acharax tokunagai Awning Clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp., Crassostrea gravitesta
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Limatula sp., Acesta cf. goliath
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Delectopecten peckhami, Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai
Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop
Mizuhopecten cf. kimurai Yokoyama 1925 scallop
 Arcida - Limopsidae
Limopsis sp.
Limopsis sp. Sassi 1827 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Hataiarca) daitokudoensis, Anadara (Hataiarca) sp.
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Saxolucina khataii, Pillucina yokoyamai
Saxolucina khataii clam
Saxolucina k-hataii
 Pholadida - Teredinidae
"Teredo" sp.
"Teredo" sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
Mya cuneiformis, "Hiatula minoensis" = Mya
Mya cuneiformis Böhm 1915 softshell clam
"Hiatula minoensis" = Mya softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Solidicorbula succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula)
"Solidicorbula succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam
 Cardiida -
Nipponomarcia nakamurai
Nipponomarcia nakamurai Ikebe 1941 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiliidae
Cardilia toyamaensis
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Meretrix arugai, Cyclina hwabongriensis, Cyclina takeyamai, Cyclina sp., "Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria), "Phacosoma suketoensis" = Dosinia (Phacosoma)
Meretrix arugai venus clam
Cyclina takeyamai venus clam
Cyclina sp. venus clam
"Siratoria siratoriensis" = Tapes (Siratoria) venus clam
"Phacosoma suketoensis" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina), "Geloina stachi" = Polymesoda (Geloina)
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam
"Geloina stachi" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma izurensis
Macoma izurensis tellin clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Panopea nomurae
 Solenida - Solenidae
Solen sp.
Solen sp. Linnaeus 1758 clam