Clewiston [Caloosahatchee Fm] (Pleistocene of the United States)

Where: Hendry County, Florida (26.8° N, 80.9° W: paleocoordinates 26.8° N, 80.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Caloosahatchee Formation, Early/Lower Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, shelly/skeletal marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Fargo, Locklin, and others. REPOSITORY: ANSP, Phialdelphia.

Primary reference: A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79333: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 01.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Authoritative for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by A. Olsson and A. Harbison. Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus assignments.
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Cerithioclava) caloosaense, Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum
Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus) scalatus" = Pyrazisinus
"Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus) scalatus" = Pyrazisinus snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Torcula) apicalis" = Torcula, Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
"Turritella (Torcula) apicalis" = Torcula turret shell
Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata Heilprin 1886 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) pliculosa
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium (Thericium) coccodes" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) peratratum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) litharium" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) coccodes" = Thericium snail
"Cerithium (Thericium) peratratum" = Thericium snail
"Cerithium (Thericium) litharium" = Thericium snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Neverita) duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus, Sinum polandi
"Polinices (Neverita) duplicata" = Neverita duplicatus Say 1822 moon snail
Sinum polandi moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) stirophorus
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Macgintopsis) chariessa, Aesopus (Glyptaeopsus) proctorae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana" = Cancellaria conradiana, Cancellaria (Cancellaria) amoena
"Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana" = Cancellaria conradiana Dall 1890 snail
SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana clewistonensis
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) amoena Olsson and Harbison 1953 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra (Subcancilla) compsa" = Subcancilla
"Mitra (Subcancilla) compsa" = Subcancilla mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) robertsi, Conus (Leptoconus) waccamawensis, "Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii" = Conus jaspideus, Conus (Lithoconus) suproides, Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus
"Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii" = Conus jaspideus Gmelin 1791 cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus Green 1830 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Toroliva) fargoi, Olivella (Dactylidia) clewistonensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus pugilus" = Strombus pugilis
"Strombus pugilus" = Strombus pugilis Linnaeus 1758 conch
SUBSPECIES: Strombus pugilus alatus
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus floridensis
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis, "Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamsolarioides" = Argopecten, "Chlamys (Plagioctenium) irremotis" = Argopecten, "Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamplicostatus" = Argopecten anteamplicostata
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis" = Aequipecten comparilis Tuomey and Holmes 1855 scallop
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamsolarioides" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) irremotis" = Argopecten calico scallop
"Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamplicostatus" = Argopecten anteamplicostata Mansfield 1936 calico scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) sculpturata" = Conradostrea sculpturata
"Ostrea (Alectryonia) sculpturata" = Conradostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigonicardia) willcoxi, "Cardium (Trachycardium) oedalium" = Trachycardium, "Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia" = Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia
"Cardium (Trachycardium) oedalium" = Trachycardium cockle
"Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia" = Trachycardium (Trachycardium) isocardia Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus cumingianus, Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus Spengler 1794 clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellidora lunulata, Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856 tellin clam
Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana Sowerby 1867 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Chione (Chione) moristans" = Chione moristans
"Chione (Chione) moristans" = Chione moristans Olsson and Harbison 1953 venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia ? sapotilla
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis, Phacoides (Phacoides) cf. pectinatus