Station 160, Walu Bay, Viti Levu: Messinian, Fiji
collected by H.S. Ladd
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Magillus antiquus
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Architectonicidae
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Heliacus variegatus
Gmelin 1791
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Clithon (Clithon) corona
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Batillaria (Zeacumantus) rickardi
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Zeacumantus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) procera
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Siliquariidae
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Tenagodus (Agathirses) cf. australis
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Pachychilidae
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Melanatria vitiensis
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Globularia (Waluia) edwardsu
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vanikoridae
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Vanikoro gueriniana
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila (Notoseila) waluensis
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Notoseila | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Cymatium (Septa) rubecula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Phallium (Semicassis) vavukuana
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
| synonym of Phalium | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eratoidae
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Trivia (Trivirostra) oryza
(Lamarck 1810)
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Trivirostra oryza | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Cypraea (Luria) isabella
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Luria isabella | ||||||||||
| Cypraea (Luria) isabella lekalekana | ||||||||||
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Cypraea (Pustilaria) childreni
Gray 1825
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ipsa childreni | ||||||||||
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Cypraea (Erosaria) helvola
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Cypraea (Pustilaria) everwijni
Martin 1887
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Erosaria everwijni | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Olividae
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Oliva woolnoughi
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Oliva carneola
Gmelin 1791
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Peristernia waluensis
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Dolicholatirus cf. lancea
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Ladd 1982 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus cf. aristophanes
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Ladd 1982 | |||||||||
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Conus charigi
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Ladd 1982 | |||||||||
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Conus cf. litteratus
Linnaeus 1758
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Ladd 1982 | |||||||||
| recombined as Conus (Lithoconus) litteratus | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Naticarius marochiensis
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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= Notocochlis gualteriana
Récluz 1843
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Majima 1989 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Natica gualteriana | ||||||||||
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Polinices (Polinices) mammilla
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
| recombined as Natica (Natica) mamilla | ||||||||||
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Polinices (Polinices) cumingianus
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Ladd 1977 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Tornidae
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Teinostoma (Esmeralda) informal sp. A
Pilsbry and Olsson 1952
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Gastropoda
- Caecidae
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Caecum berberense
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Merelina (Merelina) pisinna
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Zebina (Cibdezebina) metaltilana
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Rissoina (Rissoina) waluensis
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Rissoina (Rissoina) informal sp. A
d'Orbigny 1840
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Rissoina (Rissolina) bourneae
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Rissoina (Rissolina) turricula
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Rissoina (Phosinella) clathrata
(Adams 1853)
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Gastropoda
- Hipponicidae
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Capulus (Krebsia) informal sp. A
(Mörch 1877)
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
| original and current combination Krebsia | ||||||||||
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Hipponix (Sabia) conicus
(Schumacher 1817)
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Hipponix (Antisabia) foliaceus
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Cheilea equestris
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Ladd 1972 | |||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astraea (Vitiastraea) holmesi
Ladd 1966
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Leptothyra masculosa
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| synonym of Collonista | ||||||||||
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Leptothyra wellsi
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| synonym of Collonista | ||||||||||
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Astraea (Astralium) informal sp. B
(Link 1807)
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| original and current combination Astralium | ||||||||||
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Astraea (Astralium) waluensis
Ladd 1966
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Turbo (Turbo) petholatus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Turbo (Marmarostoma) informal sp. A
(Swainson 1829)
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Gastropoda
- Skeneidae
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Solariorbis sp.
Conrad 1865
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Lophocochlias minutissimus
(Pilsbry 1921)
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Monilea (Monilea) mateana
Ladd 1934
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Trochus (Trochus) histrio
(Reeve 1848)
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Gastropoda
- Phasianellidae
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Tricolia (Hiloa) informal sp. A
(Pilsbry 1917)
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Gastropoda
- Eucyclidae
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Euchelus (Herpetopoma) instrictus
(Gould 1849)
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Gastropoda
- Seguenziidae
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Putilla (Parvisetia) suvaensis
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Neritopsidae
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Neritopsis (Neritopsis) radula
(Linnaeus 1758)
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| recombined as Neritopsis radula | ||||||||||
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Polyplacophora
- Chitonida
- Chitonidae
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Lucilina informal sp. B
(Dall 1882)
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| original and current combination Tonicia (Lucilina) | ||||||||||
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Polyplacophora
- Neoloricata
- Acanthochitonidae
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Cryptoplax sp.
Blainville 1818
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Cryptoplax cf. menkrawitensis
Beets 1941
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Rhynchonellata
- Thecideida
- Thecidellinidae
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Thecidellina sp.
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Cooper 1978 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Fiji |
| Coordinates: | 18.1° South, 178.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 21.2° South, 178.1° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Messinian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Messinian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 7.24600 - 5.33300 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Navosa | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Estimated to be from the Navosa Group [not stated, =Suva Fm?], which overlies the Nandi Group (?Middle Miocene), and is overlain by the Koroimavua Group (?Early Pliocene). AGE: Late Miocene on the basis of foraminiferal biostratigraphy. Now presumably the Serua Conglomerate, late Miocene (7-5.5 Ma) in age according to Stratford & Rodda (2000). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position with lithostratigraphic unit.. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | poorly lithified not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated, but presumably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified, on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine carbonate facies. | |
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 |
| Collectors: | H.S. Ladd |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: H.S. Ladd. REPOSITORY: USNM (formely USGS collections). | |
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Not quite exhaustive, but comprehensive for gastropods. Bivalves not covered in publications. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with moderately modern nomenclature, with subgenus and species-resolution assignments. | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 78060 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. Hendy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-26 16:40:31 | Last modified: | 2017-07-04 23:46:57 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-01-26 16:40:31 |
| 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:
| 62649 | G. A. Cooper. 1978. Tertiary and Quaternary brachiopods from the southwest Pacific. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 38:1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 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] | |
| 26376 | R. Majima. 1989. Cenozoic fossil Naticidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in Japan. Bulletins of American Paleontology 96(331):1-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |