Holoipepe (Pleistocene of Tonga)
Where: Tonga (21.1° S, 175.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.1° S, 175.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. M. Ostergaard. 1935. Recent and fossil marine Mollusca of Tongatabu. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 131:1-59 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96472: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.06.2010
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Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
Lithophaga corrugata mussel | |
Arca divaricata, "Arca fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca
Arca divaricata Sowerby 1833 ark
"Arca fusca" = Barbatia (Ustularca) fusca BruguiƩre 1792 clam | |
Lima squamosa file clam | |
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita
"Cardium orbita" = Vasticardium orbita Reeve 1845 cockle | |
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata
"Antigona reticulata" = Periglypta reticulata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Trapezium oblongum Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Conus miliaris cone shell
Conus striatus Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus, "Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella, "Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola, "Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
"Cypraea argus" = Arestorides argus Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea isabella" = Luria isabella Linnaeus 1758 Isabell cowry
"Cypraea carneola" = Lyncina carneola Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
"Cypraea helvola" = Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina
"Haliotis ovina" = Haliotis (Padollus) ovina Gmelin 1791 abalone | |
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
"Turbo argyrostomus" = Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Trochus tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus
"Trochus tubiferus" = Infundibulum tubiferus Kiener 1880 top snail |