Seluba Island, Reef limestone (locality M) (Pleistocene to of Yemen)
Where: Yemen (16.6° N, 42.0° E: paleocoordinates 16.5° N, 41.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Kamaran Member (Abbas Formation), Pleistocene to Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)
• reef limestone
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Reposited in the BMNH
Primary reference: R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 55380: authorized by Matt Kosnik, entered by Matt Kosnik on 13.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
"Clava fasciata" = Rhinoclavis, "Cerithium" erythraeonense
"Clava fasciata" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
"Cerithium" erythraeonense Lamarck 1822 cerith snail | |
Oliva miniacea Röding 1798 olive snail | |
Latirus turritus snail
Latirus polygonus Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Conus (Hermes) nassatella cone shell
Conus arenatus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell | |
Erosaria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Erronea caurica Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Polinices (Naticina) mammilla Linnaeus 1758 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Tridacna croacea cockle |