Wailupe Point, Oahu (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.8° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 157.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waimanalo Formation, Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• age from coral samples 134-113 ka

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• reef and near-reef deposits
• limestones and conglomerates

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Kosuge. 1969. Fossil mollusks of Oahu, Hawaii Islands. Bulletin of the National Science Museum 12(4):783-794 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 89300: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
"Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia)
"Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia) hoof shell
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Pisania ignea true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra ambigua mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus rattus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell
"Conus auratus" = Conus aulicus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula, "Cypraea vitellus" = Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus, "Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea vitellus" = Cypraea (Lyncina) vitellus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea tessellata" = Luria tessellata Swainson 1822 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
listed as C. captoserpentis
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam