Santo Island (undiff. Pleistocene localities): Pleistocene, Vanuatu
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Atlantidae
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Atlanta peronii
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Tricornis) cf. sinuatus
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Ladd 1972 | ||||||
Lambis (Lambis) lambis
Linnaeus 1758
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Ladd 1972 | ||||||
Strombus (Dolomena) plicatus
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Ladd 1982 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Vexillum (Costellaria) stainforthi
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Harpidae
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Harpa major
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cancellariidae
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Trigonostoma (Scalptia) crenifera
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva annulata
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Oliva miniacea
Röding 1798
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus miliaris
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Conus terebra
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Conus quercinus
Solander 1786
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Conus nussatella
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Pseudomelatomidae
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Comitas aff. kamakurana
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus craticulatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra (Nebularia) coronata
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phallium (Semicassis) bisulcatum
(Schubert and Wagner 1829)
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recombined as Semicassis bisulcata | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Tonnidae
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Quimalea pomum
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium
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original and current combination Ranularia | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola
Linnaeus 1758
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
recombined as Lyncina carneola | |||||||
Cypraea (Pustilaria) cicercula
Linnaeus 1758
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Ladd 1977 | ||||||
recombined as Pustularia cicercula | |||||||
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices (Polinices) mammilla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Natica (Natica) mamilla | |||||||
Sinum undulatum
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Polinices (Polinices) cf. columnaris
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Kurosioia) fileola
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sinensis
Gmelin 1791
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Ladd 1972 | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Trochus (Trochus) maculatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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original and current combination Trochus maculatus | |||||||
Tectus (Rochia) niloticus
(Linnaeus 1767)
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Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) chrysostomus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) argyrostomus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Astraea (Astralium) rhodostoma
Lamarck 1822
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Hemitoma (Montfortista) excentrica
Iredale 1929
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Emarginula informal sp. C
Lamarck 1801
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Vanuatu |
Coordinates: | 15.4° South, 166.9° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 15.4° South, 166.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 | ||
Key time interval: | Pleistocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 2.58800 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the local area, including those on shore platforms, and at 215 ft altitude. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | unlithified not reported |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown, probably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Geology comments: EMVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably a shallow marine, carbonate setting. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including: Stearns (1943), Mallick, Waller, Blango, and Blow. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd. |
Metadata
Database number: | 78042 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-25 07:56:26 | Last modified: | 2017-05-23 16:34:15 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-25 07:56:26 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26223. | H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet] |
Secondary references:
11409 | H. S. Ladd. 1972. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532:1-79 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] | |
11410 | H. S. Ladd. 1977. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533:1-84 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/J. Millet] | |
26328 | H. S. Ladd. 1982. Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171:1-100 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |