Also known as Reef 3801
Where: Bahamas (24.0° N, 74.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.0° N, 74.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Cockburn Town Member (Grotto Beach Formation), Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• 125-119 ka
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• JA: the three collections together came from "twenty-one quadrats" each of "0.5-m2... separated into 50-decimeter2 areas... organized as 10 rows and 5 columns": because area and not volume measures are reported, the samples are apparently surface in situ and not screened
Primary reference: L. Gardiner. 2001. Stability of Late Pleistocene Reef Mollusks from San Salvador Island, Bahamas. Palaios 16:372-386 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80677: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 05.05.2008, edited by Austin Hendy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Diodora cayenensis Lamarck 1822 snail
Fissurella barbadensis Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail | |
Arene cruentata snail
"Astraea caelata" = Lithopoma caelatum Gmelin 1791 snail
Astraea sp. Röding 1798 snail | |
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792 snail | |
"Acmaea pustulata" = Patelloida pustulata
"Acmaea pustulata" = Patelloida pustulata Helbling 1779 limpet | |
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Cerithium muscarum Say 1832 cerith snail
Cerithium litteratum Born 1778 cerith snail | |
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Epitomium sp. wentletrap | |
"Antisabia antiquata" = Hipponix (Antisabia)
"Antisabia antiquata" = Hipponix (Antisabia) hoof shell | |
Polinices sp. Monfort 1810 moon snail
Polinices lacteus Guilding 1834 moon snail
Natica marochiensis Gmelin 1791 moon snail | |
Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cantharus sp. Röding 1798 true whelk | |
Conus mus cone shell | |
Olivella floralia olive snail | |
Favartia sp. Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
Calothrophon ostrearum murex snail
Thais deltoidea murex snail
Thais sp. Röding 1798 murex snail | |
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas
"Strombus gigas" = Lobatus gigas Linnaeus 1758 true conch | |
Cyphoma gibbosum Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Trivia quadripuntata" = Niveria quadripunctata
"Trivia quadripuntata" = Niveria quadripunctata Gray 1827 snail | |
Cypraea sp. Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea cinerea" = Cypraea (Luria) cinerea Martini 1769 cowry | |
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell | |
"Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus, Cymatium sp.
"Cymatium nicobaricum" = Monoplex nicobaricus Röding 1798 triton shell
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798 triton shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus
"Modiolus modiolus" = Modiolus (Modiolus) modiolus Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Spondylus americanus, Chlamys sp., "Chlamys sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis, "Chlamys ornatus" = Caribachlamys ornatus
Spondylus americanus Hermann 1781 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
"Chlamys sentis" = Caribachlamys sentis Reeve 1853 scallop
"Chlamys ornatus" = Caribachlamys ornatus Lamarck 1819 scallop | |
"Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra, Lima lima
"Lima scabra" = Ctenoides (Ctenoides) scabra Born 1778 file clam
Lima lima Linnaeus 1758 file clam | |
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Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
"Barbatia domingensis" = Acar domingensis Lamarck 1819 miniature ark
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Glycymeris undata clam
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
"Glycymeris pectinata" = Tucetona pectinata Gmelin 1791 clam | |
Americardia media Linnaeaus 1758 cockle
Laevicardium sp. Swainson 1840 cockle
"Laevicardium laevigatum" = Laevicardium serratum Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
Tellina radiata Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Chama sarda jewel box | |
Chione cancellata Linnaeus 1767 venus clam
"Chione intapurpurea" = Puberella intapurpurea Conrad 1849 venus clam
Transennella sp. Dall 1884 venus clam | |
Codakia sp., "Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis, "Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata, Lucina pensylvanica
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
"Codakia orbicularis" = Codakia (Codakia) orbicularis Linnaeus 1758 clam
"Divaricella quadrisulcata" = Divalinga quadrisulcata d'Orbigny 1846 clam |