Molluscan assemblages, Aldabra Atoll, Aldabra Limestone 5: Late Pleistocene, Seychelles
collected 1969

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
abundant
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
common
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea sp. Brown 1827
Timoclea marica Linnaeus 1758
common
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scissulina dispar (Conrad 1837)
Scutarcopagia scobinata (Linnaeus 1758)
Jactellina clathrata (Deshayes 1835)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Fragum fragum (Linnaeus 1758)
common
Tridacna gigas (Linnaeus 1758)
Tridacna maxima (Roeding 1798)
Tridacna crocea Lamarck 1819
abundant
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia punctata (Linnaeus 1758)
Ctena sp. Mörch 1860
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
common
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822
common
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella turturina Lamarck 1822
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758
Hydrozoa - Milleporina
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora formosa (Dana 1846)
common
Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck 1816)
Acropora palifera (Lamarck 1816)
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Pocillopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Goniastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
common
Hydnophora sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1807
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830
common
Porites sp. Link 1807
common
see common names

Geography
Country:Seychelles
Coordinates: 9.4° South, 46.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period: Quaternary Epoch: Pleistocene
Stage: Late Pleistocene 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 6
Key time interval: Late Pleistocene
Age range of interval: 0.129 - 0.0117 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 125 Ka (U/Th)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Aldabra Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: 125 000 years (Thompson and Walton 1972)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Lithology description: facies 5: Halimeda sands facies, Halimeda-rich calcarenite with more or less isolated coral colonies and small coral patches
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Abundance in sediment:abundant
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH
Collection dates:1969
Collection method comments: June-September 1969, small additional quantity in 1973 m, altogether 300 specimens found in Aldabra Limestone
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 3806
Database number:81009
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Girndt
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-26 04:44:17 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-05-26 04:44:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
27242. J. D. Taylor. 1978. Faunal response to the instability of reef habitats: Pleistocene molluscan assemblages of Aldabra Atoll. Palaeontology 21(1):1-30 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt]