Saldanha Bay: Pleistocene, South Africa

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Patellidae
Patella compressa
Patella argenvillei
Patella granularis Linnaeus 1758
Patella granatina Linnaeus 1758
Patella barbara Linnaeus 1758
recombined as Scutellastra barbara
Patella cochlear Born 1778
recombined as Scutellastra cochlear
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo ? sarmaticus Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula capensis
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Amblychilepas scutella (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Amblychilepas scutellum
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula porcellana
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella carinifera Deshayes 1824
recombined as Turritella (Torquesia) carinifera
Turritella capensis
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium cf. guinacium
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Tritonalia purpuroides
spelled with current rank as Purpura (Tritonalia)
Purpura angulata Dujardin 1837
recombined as Purpura (Stramonita) angulata
Thais cingulata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella capensis Krauss 1848
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra aerumnosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa speciosa
Nassa plicatella Adams 1852
Burnupena cincta
Burnupena limbosa
Burnupena lagenaria
Burnupena papyracea
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus verruculatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clionella rosaria
Clavatula sinuata (Born 1780)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus elongatus
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Argobuccinum argus (Gmelin 1791)
synonym of Argobuccinum pustulosum
Cymatium dolarium
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica genuana
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Thais squamosa (Pease 1868)
original and current combination Sistrum squamosum
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella liratula
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenidae
Solen capensis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Macrocallista cf. lilacina
Tapes corrugata
Tapes deshayesii
Dosinia africana (Gray 1838)
Venus verrucosa
Tivela compressa
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra glabrata
Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus 1767)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Gastrana abildgaardiana (Spengler 1798)
Tellina madagascariensis Gmelin 1791
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea atherstonei
unclassified
Fasciolaria lugubris Adams and Reeve 1847
recombined as Lugubrilaria lugubris
see common names

Geography
Country:South Africa
Coordinates: 33.0° South, 17.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° South, 17.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Lithostratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Pleistocene, presumably. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown. LITHIFICATION: Unknown. Assumed unlithified as it is described as a "raised beach".
Environment:coastal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Originally reported by Haughton, 1932 and Wybergh, 1920.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, and with somewhat antiquated nomenclature, though with species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Also known as:Column 6
Database number:122937
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2012-01-07 14:03:59 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-01-07 14:03:59
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
39195. K. H. Barnard. 1962. Revised list of South African late Tertiary and Pleistocene marine Mollusca. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 36(4):179-196 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]