Molluscan assemblages, Aldabra Atoll, Aldabra Limestone 6: Late Pleistocene, Seychelles
collected 1969

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
subordinate
unclassified
Barbatia tenella Reeve 1843
common
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia helblingi Bruguière 1789
common
Barbatia fusca (Bruguiére 1792)
most abundant Bivalve
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Timoclea marica Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Scissulina dispar (Conrad 1837)
Pinguitellina robusta (Hanley 1844)
Jactellina clathrata (Deshayes 1835)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Gastropoda - Thaididae
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
dominant
Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822
dominant
Gastropoda - Naticidae
common
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea scurra Gmelin 1791
Cypraea fimbriata Gmelin 1791
Cypraea helvola Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gibberulus Linnaeus 1758
common
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassarius sp. Duméril 1806
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella turturina Lamarck 1822
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra sp. Bruguière 1789
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tectus mauritianus (Gmelin 1791)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Galaxea sp. Oken 1815
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Acropora corymbosa (Lamarck 1816)
common
Acropora palifera (Lamarck 1816)
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Seriatopora sp. Lamarck 1816
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia sp. Oken 1815
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Platygyra sp. Ehrenberg 1834
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Fungia sp. Lamarck 1801
common
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
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 6: Porites coral-knoll facies; coral knolls separated by patches of sand and coral debris
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:81011
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:A. Girndt
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-26 05:23:56 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-05-26 05:23:56
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]