Loc. 5 - Punta Sabanilla, Matanzas Bay (Pleistocene of Cuba)

Where: Cuba (22.0° N, 80.5° W: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 80.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: No lithostratigraphic units named in text. AGE: Pleistocene (Richards 1935, 1962) based on the high proportion of Recent species. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Terrace up to 25 ft in elevation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: poorly lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

• ENVIRONMENT: No environmental data reported in text. From carbonate facies, hence carbonate environment. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: From terrace, hence transgressive.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Limestone, coral heads, shells in limestone and loose. LITHIFICATION: No indication of lithification, but assumed to be poorly-lithified on the basis of age and lithologic description of adjacent collections (i.e. loose shells). No figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the CM

• COLLECTORS: Collected by H.G. Richards and R.E. Dickerson (1933). REPOSITORIES: Collections held in the Carnegie Museum.

Primary reference: H. G. Richards. 1935. Pleistocene Mollusks from western Cuba. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):253-258 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66768: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.10.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. Said to include corals, though these are not listed. NOMENCLATURE: An authoratative publication, although somewhat antiquated. However, all occurrences include species-resolution assignments.
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unclassified
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Echinella nodulosa
Echinella nodulosa
SUBSPECIES: E. nodulosa matanzensis
Gastropoda
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Fissurella alternata" = Diodora cayenensis
"Fissurella alternata" = Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
"Vermetus decussatus" = Serpulorbis decussatus
"Vermetus decussatus" = Serpulorbis decussatus Gmelin 1791 worm shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
"Caducifer intricatus" = Bailya intricata
"Caducifer intricatus" = Bailya intricata Dall 1884 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella mercatoria
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mus
Conus mus cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
"Trivia suffusa" = Niveria suffusa
"Trivia suffusa" = Niveria suffusa Gray 1827 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca candida" = Barbatia candida, Acar domingensis, "Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata
"Arca candida" = Barbatia candida Helbling 1779 clam
Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
"Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima lima, "Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam
SUBSPECIES: L. lima caribaea
"Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Born 1778 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus americanus
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop
Cerion
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Cerion sp.
Cerion sp. Roding 1798