Miike, Chikugo (Pleistocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (33.1° N, 130.5° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 124.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unnamed lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Late Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From raised beach deposits.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; unlithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Presumably unlithified.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Aoki

• COLLECTOR: Aoki. REPOSITORY: Unknown.

Primary reference: S. Nomura. 1932. Mollusca from the raised beach deposits of the Kwantô region. Science reports of the Tohoku Imperial University. 2nd series, Geology 15(2):65-141 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96944: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 13.07.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for molluscs. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, with antiquated nomenclature, but with species-resolution identifications.
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Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Batillaria zonalis
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos cingulatus
 Cerithioidea - Thiaridae
Thiara libertina
 Cerithioidea - Modulidae
Modulus metcalfei
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Polinices (Neverita) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma
"Polinices (Neverita) didyma" = Glossaulax didyma Röding 1798 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Littorinidae
Lacuna sp.
Lacuna sp. Turton 1827 periwinkle
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Rapana thomasiana
Rapana thomasiana murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
"Columbella (Astyris) martensi" = Astyris
"Columbella (Astyris) martensi" = Astyris snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius festivus
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fusinus perplexus
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus
"Hemifusus ternatanus" = Volema (Hemifusus) ternatanus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria laticosta, Cancellaria spengleriana, "Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) bocageana" = Trigonostoma
"Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) bocageana" = Trigonostoma snail
 Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae
Epitonium lineolatum
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Viviparus japonicus
Viviparus japonicus snail
SUBSPECIES: Viviparus japonicus iwakawai
 Neritoina - Fedaiellidae
"Natica maculosa" = Fedaiella neritacea
"Natica maculosa" = Fedaiella neritacea Münster 1841 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra veneriformis
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venerupis mitis, Paphia (Ruditapes) philippinarum, Dosinia japonica
Venerupis mitis venus clam
Dosinia japonica venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
"Tellina (Arcopagia) diaphana" = Arcopagia
"Tellina (Arcopagia) diaphana" = Arcopagia tellin clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria
"Mya arenaria" = Mya (Arenomya) arenaria Linnaeus 1758 softshell clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea gigas" = Crassostrea gigas
"Ostrea gigas" = Crassostrea gigas Thunberg 1793 giant Pacific oyster
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia lischkei
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Arca (Navicula) arabica" = Lamarcka avellana, "Arca (Scapharca) granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa, "Arca (Scapharca) subcrenata" = Scapharca, "Arca (Scapharca) satowi" = Scapharca satowi
"Arca (Navicula) arabica" = Lamarcka avellana Lamarck 1819 clam
"Arca (Scapharca) granosa" = Anadara (Tegillarca) granosa Linnaeus 1758 ark
"Arca (Scapharca) subcrenata" = Scapharca clam
"Arca (Scapharca) satowi" = Scapharca satowi Dunker 1882 clam