Ras Doumeira (Pleistocene of Djibouti)

Where: Djibouti (12.7° N, 43.1° E: paleocoordinates 12.7° N, 43.1° 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 96795: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.07.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris
"Potamides (Terebralia) palustris" = Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767 horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Cerithium (Pithocerithium) petrosum" = Clypeomorus petrosum
"Cerithium (Pithocerithium) petrosum" = Clypeomorus petrosum Wood 1828 cerith snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa, "Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus, "Cypraea (Arabica) arabica" = Mauritia arabica
"Cypraea (Erosaria) erosa" = Naria erosa Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Erosaria) turdus" = Erosaria turdus Lamarck 1810 cowry
"Cypraea (Arabica) arabica" = Mauritia arabica Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) generalis Linnaeus 1767 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Strombus (Monodactylus) tricornis, "Strombus (Gallinula) deformis" = Strombus (Labiostrombus), "Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus (Gallinula) deformis" = Strombus (Labiostrombus) conch
"Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus candidus Lamarck 1819 scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Barbatia) nivea" = Barbatia
"Arca (Barbatia) nivea" = Barbatia clam
 Cardiida - Mesodesmatidae
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina (Tellinella) rugosa Born 1780 tellin clam
Tellina (Arcopagia) remies Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam