Loc. 6 - 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 66769: 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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Melarphe mespilium, Submarginula octoradiata
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp.
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778 barnacle
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp.
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
"Drillia cf. fuscescens" = Crassispira fuscescens
"Drillia cf. fuscescens" = Crassispira fuscescens Reeve 1843 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
"Hipponyx antiquata" = Hipponix antiquatus
"Hipponyx antiquata" = Hipponix antiquatus Linnaeus 1767 hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littorina ziczac, "Littorina nebulosa" = Littoraria nebulosa
Littorina ziczac periwinkle
"Littorina nebulosa" = Littoraria nebulosa Lamarck 1822 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Livonia pica
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra granulosa" = Mitra nodulosa
"Mitra granulosa" = Mitra nodulosa Gmelin 1791 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella mercatoria
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mus
Conus mus cone shell
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium cf. floridanum" = Cerithium atratum
"Cerithium cf. floridanum" = Cerithium atratum Born 1778 cerith snail
 Basommatophora - Siphonariidae
"Siphonaria brunnea" = Siphonaria alternata
"Siphonaria brunnea" = Siphonaria alternata Say 1826 pulmonate
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Arene cruentata
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
"Fissurella alternata" = Diodora cayenensis, Fissurella barbadensis, Fissurella nodosa
"Fissurella alternata" = Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail
Fissurella nodosa Born 1778 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita versicolor
Nerita versicolor Gmelin 1791 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama floridana" = Chama florida
"Chama floridana" = Chama florida Lamarck 1819 jewel box
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium medium" = Americardia media
"Cardium medium" = Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata, Acar domingensis1
"Arca umbonata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
Acar domingensis1 Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima caribaea2
Lima caribaea2 d'Orbigny 1853 file clam
SUBSPECIES: L. lima caribaea
1Hendy et al. 2008; 2Rosenberg 2005