Locality WA 20 - Unit 2 (Canepatch Fm): Late/Upper Pleistocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Elphidiidae
Elphidium delicatulum
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina funafutiensis
Quinqueloculina lamarckiana d'Orbigny 1839
Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Septastrea crassa (Holmes 1860)
Spelt: Septastraea
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
P category
Crepidula plana Say 1822
P category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella mutica (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Cantharus tinctus (Conrad 1846)
P category
recombined as Gemophos tinctus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Mitrella lunata (Say 1826)
A category
recombined as Astyris lunata
Anachis avara (Say 1822)
U category
Colombella avara
Subspecies: A. avara translirata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
P category
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Urosalpinx cinerea (Say 1822)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria reticulata (Emmon 1858)
P category
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices duplicatus (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Seila adamsi (Lea 1845)
recombined as Seila adamsii
Triphora pulchella (Adams 1850)
synonym of Horologica pupa
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla cf. aragoni
Turbonilla interrupta (Totten 1835)
Odostomia cf. pedroana
Odostomia fusca (Adams 1839)
P category
recombined as Sayella fusca
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
Retusa canaliculata (Say 1826)
recombined as Acteocina canaliculata
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara transversa (Say 1822)
U category
recombined as Anadara (Larkinia) transversa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
P category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia simplex d'Orbigny 1845
P category
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Aequipecten) gibbus (Linnaeus 1758)
P category
recombined as Argopecten gibbus
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny 1846)
P category
recombined as Divalinga quadrisulcata
Phacoides multilineatus (Conrad 1841)
U category
recombined as Parvilucina multistriata
Lucina punctulata
P category
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
Periploma inequale
P category
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula contracta (Say 1822)
P category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Sportellidae
Sportella sp. Deshayes 1858
P category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Montacutidae
Mysella velaini
P category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Erycinidae
Erycina carolinensis
P category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Transenella carolinensis
P category
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Petricola pholadiformis Lamarck 1818
P category
recombined as Petricolaria pholadiformis
Macrocallista nimbosa (Solander 1786)
P category
recombined as Macrocallista (Macrocallista) nimbosa
Gemma magna Dall 1903
P category
Mercenaria campechiensis (Gmelin 1791)
U category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Spisula solidissima (Dilwyn 1817)
P category
recombined as Hemimactra solidissima
Mulinia lateralis (Say 1822)
A category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad 1831)
P category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Donacidae
Donax sp. Linnaeus 1758
P category
Donax variabilis Say 1822
U category
recombined as Serrula variabilis
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina texana Dall 1900
U category
recombined as Angulus texanus
Tellidora cristata (Récluz 1842)
P category
Tellina alternata Say 1822
P category
recombined as Tellina (Eurytellina) alternata
Macoma sp. Leach 1819
P category
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Semele purpurescens
P category
Ervillia concentrica
9 category
    = Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858
Rosenberg 2005
MISSPELLING: Ervillia = Ervilia
Abra aequalis (Say 1822)
P category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita gunteri
U category
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
U category
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula proxima Say 1820
U category
recombined as Nucula (Nucula) proxima
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana acuta (Conrad 1832)
P category
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Membraniporidae
Discoporella denticulata
A category
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston 1847)
A category
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Smittinidae
Parasmittina trispinosa
VA category
Malacostraca - Decapoda
Decapoda indet. Latreille 1802
P category
Thecostraca - Balanomorpha - Balanidae
Balanus sp. Da Costa 1778
P category
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
A category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Horry
Coordinates: 33.8° North, 78.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.9° North, 78.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pleistocene
Age range of interval:0.12600 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Canepatch
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 2; Canepatch Fm (Pleistocene age). Unknown stratigraphic possition (unit names in faunal table do not match up with those from lithologic column). Local section name: Nixonville. Basinal/regional section name: Intracoastal Waterway
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal,gray unlithified sandy sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Sand, quartz, medium to coarse, subangular to subrounded, frosted, yellowish gray, macrofossils abundant, well preserved, commonly life-orented.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: No environmental information reported.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:excellent
Articulated whole bodies:some
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: Unknown repository.
Taxonomic list comments:Not exhaustive for mollusca, but containing common forms, with excellent nomenclature.
Metadata
Database number:60928
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2006-05-27 21:42:10 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2006-05-27 21:42:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17556. J. R. DuBar. 1971. Neogene Stratigraphy of the lower Coast Plain of the Carolinas. Atlantic Coastal Plain Geological Association 12th Annual Field Conference [A. Miller/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

19419 G. Rosenberg. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]