Unit B, Shell Creek [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
spelled with current rank as Foraminifera
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula maculosa Conrad 1846
2.3 %-specimens
Crucibulum auriculum (Gmelin 1791)
34.3 %-specimens
recombined as Crucibulum (Crucibulum) auricula
Crepidula aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
2.3 %-specimens
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Alabina adamsi (Dall 1889)
2.3 %-specimens
recombined as Finella adamsi
Alabina cerithidioides (Dall 1889)
18.2 %-specimens
synonym of Finella dubia
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium algicola Adams 1845
synonym of Cerithium eburneum
? in occurrence table
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella apicalis
2.6 %-specimens
Turritella subannulata
1.1 %-specimens
Turritella perattenuata Heilprin 1886
3.4 %-specimens
recombined as Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata
Vermicularia sp. Lamarck 1799
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica canrena (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Naticarius canrena
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
13.7 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina bulimina
2.3 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria scalarina Heilprin 1887
recombined as Fasciolaria (Triplofusus) scalarina
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
Melongena sp. Schumacher 1817
4.5 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius bidentatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella pardalis
2.6 %-specimens
Marginella eulima Dall 1892
3.1 %-specimens
synonym of Prunum roscidum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Trophon lepidota
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Persicula ovula Conrad 1848
2.6 %-specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Brachycythara terminula
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Polystira albida (Perry 1811)
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus alatus Gmelin 1792
Gastropoda - Tornidae
Teinostoma tectispira
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana acuta (Conrad 1832)
4.5 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Varicorbula caloosae
22.6 %-specimens
spelled with current rank as Corbula (Varicorbula)
Caryocorbula leonensis
9.1 %-specimens
original and current combination Corbula (Caryocorbula)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione grus (Holmes 1858)
recombined as Timoclea grus
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
33 %-specimens
Dosinia elegans (Conrad 1838)
recombined as Dosinia (Dosinidia) elegans
Gouldia cf. metastriata
1.5 %-specimens
? in occurrence table [entered as Gouldia metastriatum]
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Rangia nasuta (Dall 1884)
synonym of Rangia cuneata
Mulinia lateralis (Say 1822)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Tellina tayloriana Sowerby 1867
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia willcoxi
12.1 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Phacoides waccamawensis Dall 1903
6.8 %-specimens
recombined as Bellucina waccamawensis
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella acuta
2.2 %-specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sculpturata Conrad 1840
recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara rustica (Tuomey and Holmes 1857)
recombined as Anadara (Caloosarca) rustica
Barbatia taeniata Dall 1898
recombined as Calloarca (Taeniarca) taeniata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Noetiidae
Fossularca adamsi (Dall 1886)
recombined as Arcopsis adamsi
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Charlotte
Coordinates: 26.9° North, 82.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.9° North, 81.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: COMMENTS: The Caloosahatchee Marl is given the local stage age of Sangamonian. AGE: Assigned Late Pleistocene in text, reassigned to Early Pleistocene by A. Hendy (2007).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic,gray unlithified sandy,calcareous marl
Lithology description: unconsolidated, fossiliferous marine marl, light olive-gray on a fresh surface, sandy, calcareous, and slightly phosphatic
Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:this list is a composite of all collections of Unit B along Shell Creek; in the text, author provides percent abundance information for pelecypods and gastropods of Unit B along Shell Creek separately, and taxa with less than 1.0 percent are listed as simply present; entered data includes taxa and relative abundance information from p. 23 and occurrence data from checklist on p. 60
Metadata
Database number:41497
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:K. Layou
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-15 11:46:58 Last modified:2011-07-07 16:08:02
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-15 11:46:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11119. J. R. DuBar. 1962. Neogene Biostratigraphy of the Charlotte Harbor Area in Southwestern Florida. Florida Geological Survey Geological Bulletin 43 1-83 [A. Miller/K. Layou/K. Layou]