Etoile core, level III-1-15, Holocene, Nice: Holocene, France

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Apicularia similis
very rare
Bradybena fruticum
very rare
Candidula gigaxii
very rare
Candidula unifasciata
rare
Helicella cespitum
very rare
Helicella sp.
very rare
Thebea cemenelea
rare
Euconulus fulvus
very rare
Bithyniella sp.
very rare
Polychaeta
Spiroglyphus glomeratus
very rare
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus barbatus
very rare
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca noae Linnaeus 1758
very rare
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758
very rare
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Oxyloma elegans
very rare
replaced by Oxyeurax
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Loripes lacteus (Deshayes 1850)
common
Lucinoma borealis (Linnaeus 1767)
common
recombined as Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula gibba (Oliva 1792)
very common
recombined as Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Acanthocardia paucicostata Sowerby 1834
rare
Parvicardium exiguum (Gmelin 1791)
common
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra prismatica (Montagu 1808)
very rare
recombined as Abra (Abra) prismatica
Abra alba (Wood 1802)
very common
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina nitida Poli 1791
common
Tellina donacina Linnaeus 1767
common
Tellina distorta Poli 1791
very rare
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Dosinia exoletus
very rare
Venerupis geographica
very rare
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium sp. Pfeiffer 1821
rare
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula nucleus (Linnaeus 1758)
common
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) nucleus
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826
very rare
Gibbula varia
very rare
Gastropoda - Phasianellidae
Tricolia tenuis
very rare
Tricolia pullus (Linnaeus 1758)
very rare
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Cylichna cylindracea (Pennant 1777)
very rare
recombined as Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium tridentatum
very rare
Carychium minimum Muller 1774
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ferussaciidae
Cecilioides acicula (Müller 1774)
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Clausiliidae
Clausilia sp. Draparnaud 1805
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Vertiginidae
Vertigo antivertigo
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Valloniidae
Vallonia pulchella
rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Enidae
Ena obscura
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acanthinulidae
Acanthinula aculeata
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Zonitidae
Zonitoides nitidus
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Oxychilidae
Oxychilus sp. Fitzinger 1833
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pristilomatidae
Vitrea contracta
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Anisus leucostomus
common
Ancylus fluviatilis Müller 1774
very rare
Gyraulus laevis
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Radix ovata
very rare
Galba truncatula (Müller 1774)
very rare
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Pupilla muscorum (Linnaeus 1758)
very rare
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium reticulatum (Montagu 1803)
very common
Gastropoda - Pomatiidae
Pomatias elegans
very rare
Gastropoda - Bithyniidae
Bithynia tentaculata
very rare
Bithynia leachi
rare
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoa variabilis
rare
Rissoa ventricosa Desmarest 1826
rare
Turbona simex
very rare
spelled with current rank as Alvania (Turbona)
Turboella lineolata
rare
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Paludestrina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
very rare
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius mutabilis
rare
Hinia sp. Gray 1847
very rare
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia)
Hinia linata
very rare
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia)
Hinia incrassata
very rare
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia rugulosa
very rare
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Gastropoda - Discidae
Discus cf. perspectivus
very rare
Discus rotundatus
very rare
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
Loxoconcha cf. rhomboidea
rare
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytheruridae
Semicytherura aff. sulcata
rare
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Pontocythere turbida
rare
synonym of Cushmanidea
Pontocythere elongata
rare
synonym of Cushmanidea
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866
rare
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
Aurila sp.
rare
see common names

Geography
Country:France
Coordinates: 43.7° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.7° North, 7.3° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:10 meters
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Holocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Holocene
Age range of interval:0.01170 - 0.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:L'étoile Local bed:Levels III 1-15
Local order:bottom to top
Regional bed:2-5 m
Regional order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Within the interval 5900+/-100 - 5000+/-100 BP
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology:black unlithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:coastal indet.
Glacial or sequence phase:regressive
Geology comments: Vary from coastal to deltaic
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Articulated whole bodies:many
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:core,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:56806
Authorizer:L. Villier Enterer:L. Villier
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-11-25 09:35:10 Last modified:2005-11-25 11:35:11
Access level:the public Released:2005-11-25 09:35:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
15306.1% 8500M. Dubar, F. Damblon, S. Nicol-Pichard, J.-L. Vernet, L. Chaix, J. Cataliotti, F. Irr and J.-F. Babinot. 1986. L'environnement côtier des Alpes-Maritimes à la fin de la transgression versilienne d'après l'étude biostratigraphique du site de l'Etoile à Nice (France). Revue de Paléobiologie 5(2):289-310 [L. Villier/L. Villier]