Nanakuli Quarry, Oahu (Pleistocene of the United States)

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

• 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 89402: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.05.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa
"Arca ventricosa" = Lamarcka ventricosa Lamarck 1819 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus
"Septifer vaughani" = Septifer (Septifer) excisus Weigmann 1837 mussel
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta reticulata
Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama iostoma" = Chama limbula
"Chama iostoma" = Chama limbula Lamarck 1819 jewel box
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Ctena bella
Ctena bella Conrad 1837 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus sandwichensis
Trochus sandwichensis Souleyet 1852 top snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis
"Marmorostoma intercostalium" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) intercostalis Menke 1829 snail
 Ptenoglossa - Thaididae
Drupa albolabris, Drupa morum, Drupa rubusidaeus
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Littoraria pintado
 Sorbeoconcha - Hipponicidae
Antisabia foliacea, "Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia)
Antisabia foliacea Quoy and Gaimard 1834 hoof shell
"Pilosabia pilosa" = Hipponix (Pilosabia) hoof shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra, "Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile
"Lambis chiragra" = Harpago chiragra Linnaeus 1758 conch
"Strombus mutabilis" = Canarium mutabile Swainson 1821 true conch
subsp. ostergaardi
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"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
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa francolinus
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra crenulata, Terebra gouldi
Terebra crenulata auger snail
Terebra gouldi auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus abbreviatus, Conus retifer, Conus rattus
Conus retifer cone shell
Conus rattus Hwass in Bruguiére 1792 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Pusia consanguinea" = Vexillum (Pusia)
"Pusia consanguinea" = Vexillum (Pusia) ribbed mitre
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Semivertagus nesioticus" = Clava (Semivertagus)
"Semivertagus nesioticus" = Clava (Semivertagus) cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
"Aplodon tectus" = Modulus tectum
"Aplodon tectus" = Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791 snail