Moanalua Quarry, Oahu (Pleistocene to of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3255

Where: Hawaii (21.3° N, 157.9° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 157.9° 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 89308: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852 top snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula
"Cypraea cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula Linnaeus 1758 cowry