Zifaf Island, upper Marly limestone (locality F): Pleistocene - Holocene, Yemen
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Fissurella (Diodora) ruppellii
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Clava recurva
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| synonym of Rhinoclavis | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Ancilla (Sparella) acuminata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Niotha) gemmulatus
(Lamarck 1822)
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| synonym of Nassarius (Niotha) variegatus | |||||||
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Nassarius (Niotha) albescens
Dunker 1846
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Fusinus tuberculatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turris garnonsii
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus arenatus
Hwass in Bruguiére 1792
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Conus (Dendroconus) erythraeensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra dimidiata
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Terebra babylonia
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Terebra andamanica
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Erosaria ocellata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Erronea caurica
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Canarium) plicatus
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| original and current combination Canarium | |||||||
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Strombus (Canarium) gibberulus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus | |||||||
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Strombus (Canarium) fasciatus
Born 1778
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Strombus (Labiostrombus) fusiformis
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Ranularia) vespaceum
(Lamarck 1822)
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| recombined as Monoplex vespaceus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Naticina) powisiana
Récluz 1844
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Natica marochiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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= Natica sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Hendy 2007 | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys (Alicula) cylindrica
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Atys naucum
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Architectonica perspectiva
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Divaricella macandreae
(Adams 1870)
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Lucina dentifera
Jonas 1846
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula sulculosa
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Corbula taitensis
Lamarck 1818
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| recombined as Corbula (Anisocorbula) taitensis | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Macrocallista florida
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Dosinia histrio
(Gmelin 1791)
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Circe corrugata
(Dilwyn 1817)
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Lioconcha ornata
Dillwyn 1817
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Pitar hebraeus
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Clementia papyracea
Gray 1825
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| recombined as Clementia (Clementia) papyracea | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta rotundata
(Montagu 1803)
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| recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Fragum) fornicatum
Sowerby 1840
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| recombined as Ctenocardia (Ctenocardia) fornicata | |||||||
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Tridacna croacea
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Cardium (Trachycardium) leucostomum
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| original and current combination Trachycardium | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris arabica
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Cucullaeidae
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Cucullaea concamera
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Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Arcidae
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Barbatia lacerata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Navicula ventricosa
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| synonym of Arca | |||||||
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Barbatia (Acar) divaricata
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| original and current combination Acar | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea crenulifera
Sowerby 1873
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| recombined as Dendostrea crenulifera | |||||||
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Ostrea cristagalli
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Lopha cristagalli | |||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus marisrubi
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium aratorum
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Geography
| Country: | Yemen |
| Coordinates: | 16.8° North, 41.7° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.7° North, 41.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Pleistocene - Holocene |
| Age range of interval: | 2.58000 - 0.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
Metadata
| Database number: | 55373 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Kosnik, A. Hendy | Enterer: | M. Kosnik, A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | M. Kosnik | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-10-13 00:26:09 | Last modified: | 2007-01-28 05:05:39 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-10-13 00:26:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14874. | R. L. Cox. 1931. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Oizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 2.- Molluscan palaeontology. Geological Magazine 68:1-18 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |
Secondary references:
| 23858 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2007. Circum-Pacific Late Cenozoic Paleobiogeography: Consideration of latitudinal gradients, provincialism and beta diversity (Unpublished taxonomic opinions). [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
| 14873 | W. A. Macfadyen. 1930. The geology of the Farsan Islands, Gizan and Kamaran Island, Red Sea. Part 1.- General geology. Geological Magazine 67:310-315 [M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik/M. Kosnik] |