NMB Loc. 18220 [Tubará Fm]: Late/Upper Miocene, Colombia
collected by Companía Shell de Venezuela 1940-1950
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Haustellum messorium
Sowerby 1841
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Lirophora aff. mactropsis
Conrad 1855
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Malea elliptica
Pilsbry and Johnston 1917
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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= Mealea sp.
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica nobilis
Röding 1798
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pseudomelaniidae
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Crassispira sp.
Swainson 1840
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neotaenioglossa
- Calyptraeidae
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Calyptraea sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Crucibulum (Crucibulum) scutellatum
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Campanilidae
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Cerithium (Thericium) sp.
(Monterosato 1809)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| original and current combination Thericium | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Sinum cf. chipolanum
(Dall 1892)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices cf. brunneus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polinices prolacteus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polinices brunneus
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices sp.
Monfort 1810
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polinices stanislasmeunieri
Maury 1917
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices cf. hepaticus
(Röding 1798)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Polinices hepaticus
(Röding 1798)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Neverita (Hypterita) nereidis
Maury 1917
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Stigmaulax guppiana
(Toula 1909)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Natica (Naticarius) canrena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Naticarius canrena | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turbinellidae
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Turbinella sp.
Lamarck 1799
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Conomitra cf. lavelana
Hodson 1931
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Vexillum (Costellaria) tortuosum
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Subcancilla dariensis
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Mitra (Fusimitra) cf. titan
Gabb 1873
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) rowelli
(Dall 1896)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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= Cancellaria anomoia
Woodring 1970
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) sp.
Lamarck 1799
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cancellaria (Pyruclia) laevescens
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Cancellaria (Pyruclia) sp.
Olsson 1932
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Jung and Petit 1990 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Pyruclia | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria (Pyruclia) cibarcola
(Anderson 1929)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) cf. dariena
(Toula 1908)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Bivetiella dariena | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria (Cancellaria) dariena
(Toula 1908)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Bivetiella dariena | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria (Euclia) codazzii
(Anderson 1929)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Euclia codazzii | ||||||||||
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Cancellaria (Charcolleria) cf. perdiciana
Olsson 1942
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Massyla perdiciana | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Strioterebrum gausapatum
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strioterebrum spiriferum
(Dall 1895)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Strioterebrum wolfgangi
(Toula 1909)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebra sp.
Bruguière 1789
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebra (Oreoterebra) sp.
Olsson 1967
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebra (Oreoterebra) haitensis
(Dall 1895)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus santalucrezianus
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus aff. imitator
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus imitator
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus molis
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus consobrinus
Sowerby 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Conus aff. granozonatus
Guppy 1866
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Conus granozonatus
Guppy 1866
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Conus colombiensis
Weisbord 1929
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Conus recognitus
Guppy 1867
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Conus (Pyruconus) recognitus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Gemmula cf. vaningeni
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Polystira albida
(Perry 1811)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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= Polystira sp.
Woodring 1928
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Todd and Johnson 2013 | |||||||||
| Earliest occurrence of P. albida is Cayo Agua Fm (c. 4.25 Ma) per Todd & Johnson, 2013 | ||||||||||
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Polystira barretti
(Guppy 1866)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Clathrodrillia nuevagranada
(Weisbord 1929)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Clathrodrillia cf. gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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32 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Melongena cf. melongena
(Linnaeus 1758)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Northia guttifera
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Amarophos dentalis
(Olsson 1922)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Solenosteira chiriquiensis
Olsson 1922
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9 specimens | |||||||||
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Solenosteira santaerosae
Anderson 1929
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18 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Solenosteira (Fusinosteira) santaerosae | ||||||||||
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Antillophos (Antillophos) candei
(d'Orbigny 1842)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Antillophos candeanus | ||||||||||
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Strombinophos perdoctus
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cymatophos sp.
Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Perunassa aff. zorritensis
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30 specimens | |||||||||
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Solenosteira aff. dalli
Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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25 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Hanetia dalli | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Sincola (Dorsina) aff. quirosana
(Hodson 1931)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strombina sp.
Mörch 1852
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strombina (Lirastrombina) musanica
(Olsson 1922)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strombina (Strombina) cf. lessepsiana
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva (Oliva) cf. cristobalcolon
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Oliva (Oliva) reticularis
(Lamarck 1811)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
| original and current combination Oliva reticularis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olivellidae
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Agaronia testacea
(Lamarck 1811)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Marginellidae
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Prunum cf. berjadinense
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18 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Chicoreus (Siratus) cf. domingensis
(Sowerby 1850)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) cf. linguifer
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Eupleura cf. thompsoni
Woodring 1959
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Cymia (Cymia) aff. buchivacoana
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Typhis (Talityphis) sp.
(Jousseaume 1882)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Typhina | ||||||||||
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Typhis (Talityphis) precursor
Keen and Campbell 1964
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Strombus) aff. pugiloides
Guppy 1866
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Strombus proximus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea noueli
Maury 1917
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3 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Cypraeorbis noveli | ||||||||||
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Siphocypraea aff. henekeni
(Sowerby 1850)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Muracypraea henekeni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bursidae
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Marsupina bufo
(Bruguiére 1792)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Echinophoria andersoni
Abbott 1968
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| synonym of Echinophoria hadra | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Malea sp.
Valenciennes 1833
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Malea camura
Guppy 1866
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Malea ringens
Swainson 1822
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Beu 2010 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus sp.
Röding 1798
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Ficus carbasea
(Guppy 1866)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vermetidae
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Petaloconchus laddfranklinae
Maury 1917
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Petaloconchus sculpturatus
Lea 1846
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Serpulorbis sp.
Sasso 1827
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Serpulorbis papulosus
(Guppy 1866)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Niso grandis
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamides sp.
Brongniart 1810
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Potamides suprasulcatus
(Gabb 1873)
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8 specimens | |||||||||
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Terebralia cf. dentilabris
(Gabb 1873)
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14 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Vermicularia cf. spirata
(Philippi 1836)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Turritella zuliana
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella (Broderiptella) cf. aguilerae
Bose 1906
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella (Broderiptella) cf. bifastigata
(Nelson 1870)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella abrupta
(Spieker 1922)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella uvasana
Conrad 1855
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63 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella (Broderiptella) gatunensis
Conrad 1857
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Turritella (Torcula) altilira
(Conrad 1857)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Hemicerithium avus
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Fissidentalium solidissimum
(Pilsbry and Brown 1917)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Acila (Acila) isthmica
(Brown and Pilsbry 1911)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Noetiidae
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Noetia (Noetia) reversa
(Sowerby 1833)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Noetia reversa | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Tucetona democraciana
(Hodson et al. 1927)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Glycymeris sp.
Da Costa 1778
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Axinactis (Glycymerella) cf. tumefactus
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23 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Anadara sp.
Gray 1847
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Potiarca) filicata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Anadara (Grandiarca) chiriquiensis
(Gabb 1861)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Rasia) pennelli
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Anadara (Grandiarca) grandis
(Broderip and Sowerby 1829)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Larkinia grandis | ||||||||||
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Anadara (Caloosarca) cf. notabilis
(Röding 1798)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) notabilis | ||||||||||
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Anadara (Potiarca) hindsi
(Olsson 1922)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia peruviana
d'Orbigny 1846
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Parahyotissa (Parahyotissa) cf. caboblanquensis
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Undulostrea cf. megodon
(Hanley 1846)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Pinna sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Pholas sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Mulinia sp.
Gray 1837
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Mulinia cf. lateralis
(Say 1822)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Thyasira aff. sanctiandreae
Maury 1925
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Trinitasia sanctiandreae | ||||||||||
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Trinitasia sanctiandreae
(Maury 1925)
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16 specimens | |||||||||
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Harvella elegans
(Sowerby 1825)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Harvella sincola
(Olsson 1922)
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15 specimens | |||||||||
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Mactra (Micromactra) cf. macescens
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Mactrotoma | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anatinellidae
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Raeta cf. undulata
(Gould 1851)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Periglypta caribbeana
(Anderson 1927)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Dosinia (Dosinia) cf. delicatissima
(Brown and Pilsbry 1913)
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Chionopsis cf. walli
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Chionopsis cf. bolivarensis
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19 specimens | |||||||||
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Chionopsis atlanticana
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Macrocallista (Megapitaria) maculata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| recombined as Macrocallista maculata | ||||||||||
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Agriopoma (Pitarella) gatunensis
(Dall 1903)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Callocardia (Agriopoma) gatunensis | ||||||||||
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Clementia (Clementia) dariena
(Conrad 1855)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cyclinella cf. falconensis
Hodson et al. 1927
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37 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Arcinella cf. arcinella
(Linnaeus 1767)
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Pseudochama corticosaformis
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta woodringi
Anderson 1929
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) woodringi | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Dinocardium brantlyi
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachycardium (Dallocardia) cf. bowdenense
(Dall 1900)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Trachycardium (Mexicardia) dominicanum
(Dall 1900)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Laevicardium cf. laevigatum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| replaced by Laevicardium serratum | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Macoma sp.
Leach 1819
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Psammacoma (Psammacoma) cf. gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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13 specimens | |||||||||
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Angulus aff. democracianus
(Hodson 1931)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Tellina sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Psammobiidae
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Asaphis sp.
Modeer 1793
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Semelidae
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Semele cf. claytoni
Maury 1917
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Cyathodonta gatunensis
(Toula 1909)
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella (Hybolophus) cf. venezuelana
(Hodson 1927)
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7 specimens | |||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Strophocardia cf. terryi
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) cf. sp.
Stewart 1930
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Glyptoactis (Glyptoactis) dominica
(Weisbord 1929)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Colombia |
| Coordinates: | 10.8° North, 75.0° West (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.4° North, 73.5° West |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Tubará | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Tubará Formation, which overlies the Las Pedices Group (Early Miocene), and is overlain by the Galapa Group (Late Miocene). AGE: Early Miocene, according Barrios (1960), suggested to be Early Pliocene based on more recent biostratigraphic correlations, but placed in Late Miocene by enterer on the basis of faunal composition. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From horizon P. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: LITHIFICATION: Unknown. LITHOLOGY: No lithologic data provided, but assumed to be siliciclastic. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No paleoenvironmental data provided. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | NMB | ||
| Collectors: | Companía Shell de Venezuela | Collection dates: | 1940-1950 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Companía Shell de Venezuela geologists, 1940's-1950's. REPOSITORY: Naturhistorisches Museum Basel (NMB). | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca. NOMENCLATURE: Unpublished data, but with species-resolution identifications, and modern nomenclature. COVERAGE: Limited to taxa described in text. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 131220 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2012-07-21 15:18:11 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2017-07-21 15:18:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 42393. | J. Gibson-Smith and W. Gibson-Smith. 2012. Unpublished notes on Caribbean collection of Jack and Winifred Gibson-Smith, Naturhistorisches Museum Basel. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 30037 | A. G. Beu. 2010. Neogene Tonnoidean Gastropods of Tropical and South America; contributions to the Dominican Republic and Panama Paleontology Projects and Uplift of the Central American Isthmus. Bulletins of American Paleontology (377-378)1-550 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 43555 | P. Jung and R. E. Petit. 1990. Neogene paleontology in the northern Dominican Republic, 10. The family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 98(334):87-144 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
| 48647 | J. A. Todd and K. G. Johnson. 2013. Dissecting a marine snail species radiation (Conoidea: Turridae: Polystira) over 12 million years in the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science 89(4) [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |