Where: Djibouti (12.0° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 43.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone and calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: R. Abrard. 1942. Mollusques Pleistocenes de la Cote Francaise des Somalis [Pleistocene molluscs from French Somaliland]. Archives du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, serie 6 18:5-105 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96789: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Nerita plexa snail
Nerita histrio snail
"Nerita albicilla" = Nerita (Theliostyla) albicilla Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Euchelus asper" = Trochus asper
"Euchelus asper" = Trochus asper Gmelin 1791 top snail | |
Modulus tectum Gmelin 1791 snail | |
Cerithium caeruleum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail | |
Conus (Lithoconus) tessellatus cone shell | |
Oliva elegans olive snail | |
Nassa pullus true whelk | |
Columbella pelotina snail | |
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry | |
"Strombus (Canarium) elegans" = Canarium, "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Canarium) elegans" = Canarium true conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch | |
Neritopsis radula Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bulla ampulla Linnaeaus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Donax veneriformis Lamarck 1818 clam | |
"Cardium (Trachycardium) subrugosum" = Vasticardium subrugosum
"Cardium (Trachycardium) subrugosum" = Vasticardium subrugosum Sowerby 1839 cockle | |
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista, Dosinia histrio, "Meretrix (Amiantis) philippinarum" = Lioconcha (Sulcilioconcha) philippinarum, Circe (Parmulina) corrugata, Circe (Crista) pectinata
"Meretrix (Callista) florida" = Callista venus clam
Dosinia histrio Gmelin 1791 venus clam
"Meretrix (Amiantis) philippinarum" = Lioconcha (Sulcilioconcha) philippinarum Hanley 1844 venus clam
Circe (Parmulina) corrugata Dilwyn 1817 venus clam
Circe (Crista) pectinata Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Chama reflexa Reeve 1846 jewel box
Chama asperella Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
"Corbula cuneata" = Caryocorbula cuneata, Corbula acutangula
"Corbula cuneata" = Caryocorbula cuneata Say 1824 clam
Corbula acutangula Issel 1869 clam | |
Divaricella macandreae Adams 1870 clam | |
"Pectunculus pectunculus" = Glycymeris pectunculus
"Pectunculus pectunculus" = Glycymeris pectunculus Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata, "Arca (Anadara) scapha" = Anadara, "Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata, "Arca (Barbatia) nivea" = Barbatia
"Arca imbricata" = Lamarcka imbricata Bruguière 1789 clam
"Arca (Anadara) scapha" = Anadara ark
"Arca (Anadara) antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca (Barbatia) nivea" = Barbatia clam | |
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop |