Clewiston [Caloosahatchee Fm]: Early/Lower Pleistocene, Florida

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium (Cerithioclava) caloosaense
Cerithium (Thericium) muscarum Say 1832
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus) scalatus
original and current combination Pyrazisinus
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Torcula) apicalis
original and current combination Torcula
Turritella (Bactrospira) perattenuata (Heilprin 1886)
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) pliculosa
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Cerithium (Thericium) coccodes
original and current combination Thericium
Cerithium (Thericium) peratratum
original and current combination Thericium
Cerithium (Thericium) litharium
original and current combination Thericium
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices (Neverita) duplicata (Say 1822)
recombined as Neverita duplicatus
Sinum polandi
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Cyclostremiscus (Ponocyclus) stirophorus
Pilsbry 1953
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis (Macgintopsis) chariessa
Aesopus (Glyptaeopsus) proctorae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana (Dall 1890)
original and current combination Cancellaria conradiana
SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Cancellaria) conradiana clewistonensis
Cancellaria (Cancellaria) amoena Olsson and Harbison 1953
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Subcancilla) compsa
original and current combination Subcancilla
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) robertsi
Conus (Leptoconus) waccamawensis
Conus (Leptoconus) stearnsii (Conrad 1869)
synonym of Conus jaspideus
Conus (Lithoconus) suproides
Conus (Leptoconus) marylandicus Green 1830
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Olivella (Toroliva) fargoi
Olivella (Dactylidia) clewistonensis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus pugilus (Linnaeus 1758)
original and current combination Strombus pugilis
SUBSPECIES: Strombus pugilus alatus
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus floridensis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) comparilis (Tuomey and Holmes 1855)
recombined as Aequipecten comparilis
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamsolarioides
synonym of Argopecten
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) irremotis
synonym of Argopecten
Chlamys (Plagioctenium) anteamplicostatus (Mansfield 1936)
recombined as Argopecten anteamplicostata
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea (Alectryonia) sculpturata (Conrad 1840)
recombined as Conradostrea sculpturata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Trigoniocardia (Trigonicardia) willcoxi
Cardium (Trachycardium) oedalium
original and current combination Trachycardium
Cardium (Trachycardium) isocardia (Linnaeus 1758)
Trachycardium isocardia
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Solecurtidae
Solecurtus cumingianus
Tagelus (Mesopleura) divisus (Spengler 1794)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellidora lunulata Adams 1856
Tellina (Eurytellina) tayloriana (Sowerby 1867)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Chione (Chione) moristans Olsson and Harbison 1953
recombined as Chione moristans
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia ? sapotilla
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Miltha (Miltha) caloosaensis (Dall 1898)
Phacoides (Phacoides) cf. pectinatus (Gmelin 1791)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Florida County:Hendry
Coordinates: 26.8° North, 80.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.8° North, 80.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Quaternary Epoch:Pleistocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 6
Key time interval:Early/Lower Pleistocene
Age range of interval:2.58000 - 0.77400 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Caloosahatchee
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From Caloosahatchee Fm. AGE: Early Pleistocene. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown position within formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens and facies description.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow-marine, siliciclastic environment.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Degree of concentration:concentrated
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Fargo, Locklin, and others. REPOSITORY: ANSP, Phialdelphia.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Authoritative for bivalvia and gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: Identified by A. Olsson and A. Harbison. Authoritative publication with fairly modern nomenclature and use of species and subgenus assignments.
Metadata
Database number:79333
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-03-01 21:27:26 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-03-01 21:27:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25463. A. A. Olsson and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:1-457 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]

Secondary references:

27012 H. A. Pilsbry. 1953. Part 3-A. The Vitrinellidae. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Monograph 8:411-447 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]