Two Mile Beach, Cape May Co. - Cape May Fm (Pleistocene) (Pleistocene of the United States)

Also known as New Jersey Loc. 16

Where: Cape May County, New Jersey (38.9° N, 74.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 74.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From Cape May Formation (Richards 1962). AGE: Sangamon-Wisconsin (MacClintock and Richards 1936), Pleistocene (Richards 1962).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; unlithified siliciclastic sediments

• ENVIRONMENT: No specific environment provided in text for individual collection.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: No detailed lithologic data reported in text. Cape May Formation contains sands and clays, hence siliciclastic. LITHIFICATION: Assumed to be unlithified given age and figured specimens in Richards (1962).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTORS: Based on collections of Richards (1933) and MacClintock and Richards (1936). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in various museums, possibly including the Academy of Natural Sciences, USNM, MCZ (Cambridge), and AMNH.

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1962. Studies on the marine Pleistocene: Part II. The marine Pleistocene mollusks of eastern North America. Transactions of the American Philosophocal Society 52(3):1-142 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66621: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 11.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoratative publication, and somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments and list synonymies.
Gastropoda
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium humphreysii, "Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola
Epitonium humphreysii Kiener 1838 wentletrap
"Epitonium rupicolum" = Epitonium rupicola Kurtz 1860 wentletrap
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Crepidula plana Say 1822 slipper shell
Crepidula convexa Say 1822 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinum undatum Linnaeus 1758 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius vibex, "Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta, "Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata
Nassarius vibex Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius obsoletus" = Ilyanassa obsoleta Say 1822 snail
"Nassarius trivittatus" = Ilyanassa trivittata Say 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara
"Columbella (Anachis) avara" = Costoanachis avara Say 1822 snail
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus, Busycon perversum
"Busycon canaliculatum" = Busycotypus canaliculatus Linnaeus 1758 whelk
Busycon perversum Linnaeus 1758 whelk
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangilia cerina" = Kurtziella cerina, "Mangilia plicosa" = Pyrgocythara plicosa, "Mangilia stellata" = Stellatoma stellata
"Mangilia cerina" = Kurtziella cerina Kurtz and Stimpson 1851 snail
"Mangilia plicosa" = Pyrgocythara plicosa Adams 1850 snail
"Mangilia stellata" = Stellatoma stellata Stearns 1872 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Thais haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail
Subspecies: T. haemastoma floridana
Urosalpinx cinerea Say 1822 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices triseriatus" = Euspira triseriata, "Polinices heros" = Euspira heros, "Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus, Sinum perspectivum, "Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla
"Polinices triseriatus" = Euspira triseriata Say 1826 moon snail
"Polinices heros" = Euspira heros Say 1822 moon snail
"Polinices duplicatus" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Sinum perspectivum Say 1831 moon snail
"Natica pusilla" = Tectonatica pusilla Say 1822 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis emersonii Adams 1839 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
"Triphora nigrocincta" = Marshallora nigrocincta
"Triphora nigrocincta" = Marshallora nigrocincta Adams 1839 snail
 Heterostropha - Ellobiidae
"Melampus lineatus" = Melampus bidentatus
"Melampus lineatus" = Melampus bidentatus Say 1822 snail
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata
"Retusa canaliculata" = Acteocina canaliculata Say 1826 barrel-bubble
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Noetiidae
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa
"Noetia (Eontia) ponderosa" = Eontia ponderosa Say 1822 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa, "Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis
"Anadara transversa" = Anadara (Larkinia) transversa Say 1822 ark
"Anadara ovalis" = Lunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 ark
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845 jingle
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica Gmelin 1791 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus edulis, "Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa
Mytilus edulis Linnaeus 1758 mussel
"Modiolus demissus" = Geukensia demissa Dilwyn 1817 mussel
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam
 Pholadida - Pholadidae
"Pholas truncata" = Barnea truncata
"Pholas truncata" = Barnea truncata Say 1822 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta
"Corbula contracta" = Caryocorbula contracta Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Pitar morrhuana" = Pitar morrhuanus Dall 1902 venus clam
"Petricola pholadiformis" = Petricolaria pholadiformis Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Gemma gemma Totten 1834 venus clam
Mercenaria campechiensis Gmelin 1791 quahog
Mercenaria mercenaria Linnaeus 1758 quahog
 Cardiida - Mactridae
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima, Mulinia lateralis
"Spisula solidissima" = Hemimactra solidissima Dilwyn 1817 clam
Mulinia lateralis Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Anatinellidae
"Labiosa plicatella" = Raeta plicatella
"Labiosa plicatella" = Raeta plicatella Lamarck 1818 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium mortoni Conrad 1831 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius
"Tagelus gibbus" = Tagelus plebeius Lightfoot 1786 clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax fossor Say 1822 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis
"Tellina agilis" = Angulus agilis Stimpson 1857 tellin clam
 Solenida - Pharidae
Ensis directus Conrad 1844 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte castanea Say 1822 clam