PSst-1-RS (39-42 m) - Rio Grande do Sul: Holocene, Brazil

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia (Chrysallida) seminuda (Adams 1839)
2 specimens
recombined as Boonea seminuda
Turbonilla cf. atypha
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Halistylus columna Dall 1890
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
Tegula (Agathistoma) informal sp. A ()
2 specimens
original and current combination Agathistoma
Tegula patagonica (d'Orbigny 1835)
2 specimens
recombined as Agathistoma patagonicum
Gastropoda - Scaliolidae
Alabina cerithidioides (Dall 1889)
14 specimens
synonym of Finella dubia
[entered as Alabina cerithioides]
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus florius
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula (Crepidula) protea d'Orbigny 1941
2 specimens
Crepidula (Bostrycapulus) aculeata (Gmelin 1791)
7 specimens
recombined as Bostrycapulus aculeatus
Gastropoda - Epitoniidae
Epitonium (Epitonium) georgettina (Kiener 1838)
1 specimen
recombined as Epitonium georgettinum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Tectonatica pusilla (Say 1822)
4 specimens
Natica (Natica) isabelleana (d'Orbigny 1840)
1 specimen
recombined as Notocochlis isabelleana
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Littoridina australis (d'Orbigny 1837)
1 specimen
recombined as Heleobia australis
Gastropoda - Caecidae
Caecum (Elephantanellum) imbricatum (Carpenter 1858)
1 specimen
original and current combination Caecum imbricatum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Anachis) catenata
3 specimens
Anachis (Costoanachis) avara (Say 1822)
1 specimen
Colombella avara
Anachis (Costoanachis) obesa (Adams 1845)
5 specimens
recombined as Parvanachis obesa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius coppingeri
4 specimens
Nassarius (Hinia) ambiguus
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia patagonica (d'Orbigny 1841)
3 specimens
recombined as Spirotropis patagonica
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivancillaria deshayesiana (Ducros 1857)
1 specimen
Olivella (Olivina) tehuelchana (d'Orbigny 1841)
9 specimens
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula (Nucula) semiornata (d'Orbigny 1846)
8 specimens
recombined as Nucula (Lamellinucula) semiornata
Nucula (Ennucula) puelcha (d'Orbigny 1842)
1 specimen
recombined as Ennucula puelcha
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten (Chlamys) tehuelchus (d'Orbigny 1842)
2 specimens
recombined as Aequipecten tehuelchus
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Lunarca) ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
4 specimens
recombined as Lunarca ovalis
Anadara (Cunearca) brasiliana (Lamarck 1819)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trachycardium (Dallocardia) muricatum (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
    = Trachycardium sp. Mörch 1853
Hendy et al. 2008
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra aequalis (Say 1822)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Protothaca antiqua (King 1832)
2 specimens
recombined as Ameghinomya antiqua
Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin 1792)
1 specimen
Pitar (Pitar) rostratum (Koch 1943)
5 specimens
recombined as Pitar rostratus
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra (Mactra) patagonica (d'Orbigny 1846)
original and current combination Mactra patagonica
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Myidae
Corbula iheringiana Pilsbry 1897
39 specimens
recombined as Sphenia iheringiana
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Caryocorbula (Hexacorbula) sp. (Olsson 1932)
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Hexacorbula
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Divaricella informal sp. A Martens 1880
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella maldonadoensis (Pilsbry 1897)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Carditamera (Carditamera) plata (Ihering 1907)
1 specimen
recombined as Carditamera plata
see common names

Geography
Country:Brazil
Coordinates: 30.2° South, 50.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.2° South, 50.5° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
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
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Unknown lithostratigraphic unit. THICKNESS: From drill hole of at least 45 m thick, from 3 m thick unit. AGE: Holocene, based of faunal similarity with Uruguan and Argentinian Holocene assemblages. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From 39-42 m in drill hole.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Unknown lithology, presumably from unlithified siliciclastic facies. LITHIFICATION: Presumably unlithified given age and figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow siliciclastic marine environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:core,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Petrobas Petroleum Company. REPOSITORY: Unknown repository, possibly the School of Geology, National Science Institute, Brazil.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. Other groups not discussed. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with subgenus and species level designations, but nevertheless somewhat antiquated.
Metadata
Database number:72122
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-05-25 07:45:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2008-05-25 07:45:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24412. I. R. da Silva Forti. 1969. Cenozoic Mollusks from the drillholes Cassino and Palmares do Sul of the Coastal Plain of Rio Grande do Sul. Iheringia Geologia 2:55-155 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

19909 A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]