Moilili Sand Quarry, Honolulu, 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 estimated from map

• 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 89304: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus
"Strombus maculatus" = Strombus (Canarium) maculatus Jay 1839 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry
listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata Pease 1862 cowry
 Patellida - Nacellidae
Cellana exarata Nuttall 1839 limpet
Cellana melanostoma Pilsbry 1891 limpet
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam