PRI bulk sample - Kirby, replicate A: Pleistocene, South Carolina

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Parvilucina multilineatus Conrad 1841
23 specimens
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Calyptraea centralis (Conrad 1841)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus graniferus
2 specimens
[entered as Petaloconchus granifera]
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva (Oliva) carolinae
2 specimens
Olivella carolinae Gardner 1948
2 specimens
recombined as Olivella (Dactylidia) carolinae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say 1822)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
Marginella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
1 specimen
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Pseudochama corticosa
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta acclinis (Conrad 1832)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Gemma magna Dall 1903
1 specimen
Transenella carolinensis
4 specimens
spelled with current rank as Transennella
Macrocallista (Macrocallista) reposta (Conrad 1834)
2 specimens
Lirophora latilirata (Conrad 1841)
2 specimens
recombined as Lirophora (Lirophora) latilirata
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mulinia congesta (Conrad 1833)
86 specimens
Hemimactra sp. Swainson 1840
5 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anatinellidae
Raeta plicatella (Lamarck 1818)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Macoma sp. Leach 1819
1 specimen
Moerella sp. Fischer 1887
5 specimens
spelled with current rank as Tellina (Moerella)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Abra aequalis (Say 1822)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Radiolucina aminata
1 specimen
Stewartia anodonta (Say 1824)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassinella lunulata (Conrad 1834)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cyclocardia granulata (Say 1824)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte undulata Say 1824
1 specimen
recombined as Astarte (Ashtarotha) undulata
Astarte concentrica Conrad 1834
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp. (Lamarck 1801)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Carolinapecten eboreus (Conrad 1833)
28 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula marginata Say 1824
5 specimens
synonym of Plicatula gibbosa
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1791)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara lienosa (Say 1832)
4 specimens
recombined as Anadara (Rasia) lienosa
Lunarca ovalis (Bruguiere 1789)
23 specimens
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris americana (Defrance 1826)
4 specimens
Tucetona arata (Conrad 1841)
10 specimens
Thecostraca
Cirripedia indet. Rafinesque 1816
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Carolina County:Dillon
Coordinates: 34.4° North, 79.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.4° North, 79.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
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:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown stratigraphic unit. AGE: Appears to be Pleistocene age fauna. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Unknown stratigraphic unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:shelly/skeletal unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone, shelly. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on observation of specimens.
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
Articulated whole bodies:some
Fragmentation:occasional
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:4.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:PRI
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Unknown collector. REPOSITORY: PRI, Ithaca, NY. FIDELITY: High ecological fidelity.
Taxonomic list comments:TAXONOMY: Identified by A. Hendy; nomenclature based on revision of Gardner (1943), Spencer and Campbell (1987) [PBDB Ref# 15525], Abbott (1974).
Metadata
Database number:80083
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:L. Eccles Research group:GCP,marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-02 07:30:10 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-04-02 07:30:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19909. A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, and A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]