Also known as Reef 3255
Where: Hawaii (21.4° N, 158.1° W: paleocoordinates 21.4° N, 158.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Waimanalo Formation, Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• ~119 ka (coral sample at Kahe Point), last interglacial
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
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 89402: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.05.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam | |
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel | |
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
"Chama iostoma" = Chama limbula
"Chama iostoma" = Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Ctena bella Conrad 1837 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852 top snail | |
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail | |
Littoraria pintado periwinkle | |
Antisabia foliacea, "Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia)
Antisabia foliacea Quoy and Gaimard 1834 hoof shell
"Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia) hoof shell | |
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra, "Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola, "Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis, "Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea caputserpentis" = Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis Linnaeus 1758 cowry listed as C. captoserpentis
"Cypraea granulata" = Nucleolaria granulata Pease 1862 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry | |
Nassa francolinus true whelk | |
Terebra crenulata auger snail
Terebra gouldi auger snail | |
Conus abbreviatus cone shell
Conus retifer cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in BruguiƩre 1792 cone shell | |
"Pusia consanguinea" = Vexillum (Pusia)
"Pusia consanguinea" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre | |
"Semivertagus nesioticus" = Clava (Semivertagus)
"Semivertagus nesioticus" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail | |
"Aplodon tectus" = Modulus tectum
"Aplodon tectus" = Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791 snail |