Batavia Borehole III (81 m) - Java (Pliocene of Indonesia)

Where: Indonesia (6.2° S, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 6.3° S, 107.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit and relationship to other units. AGE: Pliocene.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine

• ENVIRONMENT: Environmental data not reported in text.
• LITHOLOGY: Lithologic and lithification data not reported in text.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: core,

• COLLECTOR: Presumably K. Martin. REPOSITORY: Natt. Natuurhist. Mus., Leiden and GRDC Coll., Bandung (Indonesia).

Primary reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1994. Mollusca in Indonesian Cenozoic biostratigraphy (a computerised compilation) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 70087: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COMPLETENESS: Exhaustive for Mollusca. Other groups not treated by primary reference. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative and relatively modern nomenclature applied. Nomenclature revised by van den Hoek et al. (2002) and Hendy (2007).
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Proclava) jonkeri Martin 1879 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera
"Turritella cingulifera" = Turritella (Kurosioia) cingulifera Sowerby 1825 turret shell
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Tiara flammea" = Mitra (Tiara)
"Tiara flammea" = Mitra (Tiara) mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva sp. Bruguière 1789 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangilia oblivia" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangilia oblivia" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Turricula bataviana" = Vexillum (Vexillum) bataviana
"Turricula bataviana" = Vexillum (Vexillum) bataviana Martin 1884 ribbed mitre
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica (Natica) helvacea Lamarck 1822 moon snail
"Natica ruffa" = Natica vitellus Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculina) arctata snail
SUBSPECIES: R. (Ringiculina) arctata glabra
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia achaeus Gray 1849 jingle
 Pectinida - Placunidae
"Placuna placenta" = Placuna (Placuna) placenta
"Placuna placenta" = Placuna (Placuna) placenta Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Amusium pleuronectes Linnaeus 1758 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea incisa Martin 1883 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Tapes sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Ungulina rostrata Martin 1883 clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
"Nuculana subquadrata" = Leda subquadrata
"Nuculana subquadrata" = Leda subquadrata Martin 1883 pointed nut clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium gonatodes Martin 1885 tusk shell
"Dentalium jonkeri" = Dentalium (Dentalium) jonkeri Martin 1895 tusk shell