Navaka River, Santo Island: Pleistocene, Vanuatu

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cocculinidae
Cocculina nipponica
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Eulima santoensis
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula informal sp. A Lamarck 1799
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Siliquariidae
Siliquaria aff. armata
Ladd 1982
synonym of Tenagodus
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus japonicus
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Zebina (Moerchiella) informal sp. A Adams and Adams 1854
Ladd 1982
Zebina (Cibdezebina) metaltilana
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Charonia tritonis (Linnaeus 1758)
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea (Erosaria) guttata (Gmelin 1791)
Ladd 1977
Pedicularia navakaensis Ladd 1982
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Ovulidae
Dentiovula masaoi Cate 1973
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Bathynassa bolangoi
Ladd 1982
Nassarius (Plicarcularia) globosus
Ladd 1982
Nassarius (Plicarcularia) cf. bimaculatus
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Costoanachis) mawsoni
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria santoensis
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis cf. japonicus
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Kenyonia cf. chiangi
Ladd 1982
Conus cf. gembacanus
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Ithycythara lata
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
Mangonuia navakaensis
Ladd 1982
Mangonuia informal sp. A Mestayer 1930
Ladd 1982
Mangonuia sp. Mestayer 1930
Ladd 1982
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) aff. euprepes Woodring 1928
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Enida warreni
Ladd 1982
Microgaza (Microgaza) navakaensis
Ladd 1982
Calliotrochus navakaensis
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Liotiidae
Cyclostrema somidi
Ladd 1982
Dentarene navakaense
Ladd 1982
Dentarene depressa
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Arene (Arene) sp. Adams and Adams 1854
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Seguenziidae
Seguenzia donaldi
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Eucyclidae
Calliotropis informal sp. A Seguenza 1903
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula informal sp. C Lamarck 1801
Ladd 1982
Zeidora calceolina
Ladd 1982
Puncturella (Cranopsis) pileopsis
Ladd 1982
Puncturella (Puncturella) agger
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Anatomidae
Scissurella (Anatoma) japonica
Ladd 1982
original and current combination Anatoma
see common names

Geography
Country:Vanuatu
Coordinates: 15.6° South, 166.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.6° South, 166.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.01170 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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 section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Unknown, but 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: Mallick, Waller, Bolango, 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
Also known as:SM43, SM236, SM329
Database number:78046
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-25 08:05:53 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-01-25 08:05:53
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:

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]