Maewo Island [Waisia Limestone]: Pliocene, Vanuatu

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Drupa (Cronia) fiscella
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina scabra Linnaeus 1758
Ladd 1972
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus (Laveistrombus) canarium Linnaeus 1758
Ladd 1972
recombined as Laevistrombus canarium
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula
Ladd 1982
Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Eucithara stromboides
Ladd 1982
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius (Arcularis) leptospirus
Ladd 1977
Nassarius (Zeuxis) vitiensis
Ladd 1977
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Cerithium (Thericium) ruppelli
Ladd 1972
original and current combination Thericium
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) vertagus (Linnaeus 1758)
Ladd 1972
see common names

Geography
Country:Vanuatu
Coordinates: 15.2° South, 168.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:15.2° South, 168.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Pliocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Pliocene
Age range of interval:5.33300 - 2.58000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Waisia Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Waisia Limestone, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not known. AGE: Pliocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From an unknown position within the section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: LITHOLOGY: Limestone. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, assumed on the basis of facies description.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: EMVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably a shallow marine, carbonate setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
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: Unknown collector. 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:USGS 24794, MWC40
Database number:78049
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-25 08:48:40 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-01-25 08:48:40
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]