Wambu River, Santo Island (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Also known as SM259, SM309, USGS 26385

Where: Vanuatu (15.5° S, 167.0° E: paleocoordinates 15.5° S, 167.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the section.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• EMVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably a shallow marine, carbonate setting.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but probably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Collected by Mallick; reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: D.I.J. Mallick. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78044: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Clypeomorus coralium2 cerith snail
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
"Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina1
"Oliva mustelina" = Oliva (Neocylindrus) mustelina1 Lamarck 1810 olive snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium" = Ranularia2
"Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium" = Ranularia2 triton shell
 Patellida - Lottiidae