Malekula [Malua Formation]: Pliocene, Vanuatu
collected by de la Rüe 1934-1936
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Tubothalamea
- Miliolida
- Soritidae
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Marginopora vertebralis
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
- Callianassidae
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Callianassa armata
Milne-Edwards 1870
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Nuculanidae
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Leda verconis
Tate 1891
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Meretrix (Lioconcha) picta
(Lamarck 1818)
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Meretrix (Amiantis) philippinarum
(Hanley 1844)
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Circe tumefacta
Sowerby 1851
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardium (Ctenocardia) fornicatum
(Sowerby 1840)
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Cardium (Laevicardium) multipunctatum
(Sowerby 1833)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tellinidae
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Gastrana (Macoma) candida
(Lamarck 1818)
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Tellina (Arcopaginula) inflata
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Solecurtidae
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Solecurtus (Azor) coarctatus
(Gmelin 1791)
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Pholadidae
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Martesia striata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Bullidae
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Bulla australis
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Retusidae
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Cylichna (Mnestia) bizona
Adams 1850
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Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Haminoeidae
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Atys (Alicula) cylindrica
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Ringiculidae
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Auricula actaeoniformis
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium (Vertagus) turritum
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Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) rostratum
(Sowerby 1855)
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Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Natica marochiensis
(Gmelin 1791)
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= Notocochlis gualteriana
Récluz 1843
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Gastropoda
- Rissoidae
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Rissoina (Phosinella) clathrata
(Adams 1853)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Latirus quadriplicatus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Buccinidae
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Nassa (Hebra) muricata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassa (Hinia) vitiensis
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Nassa (Niotha) auberti
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus (Chleyconus) achatinus
Gmelin 1791
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Conus (Lithoconus) sugillatus
Reeve 1844
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Conus (Dendroconus) odengensis
(Martin 1895)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Drilliidae
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Drillia (Clavus) unizonalis
(Lamarck 1822)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Pleurotoma tigrina
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Pleurotoma cingulifera
Lamarck 1822
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Mitra (Costellaria) exasperata
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Mitridae
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Mitra praelavigata
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Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Strombus (Canarium) dentatus
Linnaeus 1758
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Strombus (Canarium) floridus
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Strombus (Canarium) terebellus
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Strombus (Canarium) gendinganensis
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Strombus (Canarium) praegibberulus
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Strombus (Canarium) haemastoma
Sowerby 1842
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Strombus (Gallinula) malekulensis
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Strombus (Gallinula) minimus
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| SUBSPECIES: Strombus (Gallinula) minimus | ||||||||||
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Strombus isabella
Lamarck 1822
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea (Erosaria) malekulensis
Abrard 1946
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Gastropoda
- Ranellidae
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Tritonium (Simpulum) chlorostomus
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Geography
| Country: | Vanuatu |
| Coordinates: | 16.3° South, 167.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 16.2° South, 167.5° 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: | 5.333 - 2.58 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Matamaute | Formation: | Malua | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Malua Fm, which regionally underlies the Tenmaru Limestone (Pleistocene). AGE: Pliocene in Abrard (1946) and supported by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982), presumably on the basis of foraminiferal and macrofossil affinities to other dated Indo-Pacific faunas (e.g. Fiji). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | volcaniclastic unlithified argillaceous sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Argillaceous and volcanoclastic sandstone. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | coastal indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine, siliciclastic setting. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | de la Rüe | Collection dates: | 1934-1936 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: E. A. de la Rüe (1934-1936). REPOSITORY: Not stated in text, possibly MNHN, Paris. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda and bivalvia. NOMENCLATURE: Rather antiquated, but with species-resolution assignments. Nomenclature updated by Ladd (1966, 1977, 1982) where possible. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 77904 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-01-22 14:38:58 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-22 14:38:58 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 26295. | R. Abrard. 1946. Fossiles Néogénes et Quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides. Annales de Paléontologie 32:1-112 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 23858 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2007. Circum-Pacific Late Cenozoic Paleobiogeography: Consideration of latitudinal gradients, provincialism and beta diversity (Unpublished taxonomic opinions). [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] | |
| 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] |