Where: Djibouti (12.4° N, 43.3° E: paleocoordinates 12.4° 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: perireef or subreef; 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 96791: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Trochus (Infundibulum) erythraeus Brocchi 1823 top snail | |
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail | |
Cerithium (Colina) pingue cerith snail
Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum Sowerby 1855 cerith snail
Cerithium (Thericium) scabridum Philippi 1848 cerith snail | |
"Mitrularia equestris" = Cheilea equestris
"Mitrularia equestris" = Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 hoof shell | |
"Marginella (Gibberula) monilis" = Gibberula
"Marginella (Gibberula) monilis" = Gibberula snail | |
"Nassa cf. arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia
"Nassa cf. arcularia" = Nassarius (Nassarius) arcularia Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Melongena paradisiaca snail | |
"Columbella (Mitrella) azora" = Mitrella, Columbella pelotina
"Columbella (Mitrella) azora" = Mitrella snail
Columbella pelotina snail | |
Conus (Pionoconus) cf. erythraeensis cone shell
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell | |
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry | |
"Strombus (Canarium) floridus" = Canarium
"Strombus (Canarium) floridus" = Canarium true conch | |
Cassidula aff. sulculosa snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardita variegata Bruguière 1792 clam | |
Codakia tigerina Linnaeus 1758 clam
Lucina edentula clam | |
Cryptomya semistriata softshell clam | |
Chama cf. aspersa Reeve 1846 jewel box | |
Plicatula plicata Linnaeus 1758 scallop |