Loc. 1 - Rio Bueno Harbour [Falmouth Fm]: Late Pleistocene, Jamaica
collected by Donovan & Littlewood 1988-1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
6 specimens
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
1 specimen
2 specimens
Bivalvia
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arcidae indet. Lamarck 1809
72 specimens
Barbatia tenera (Reeve 1844)
61 specimens
Barbatia candida (Helbling 1779)
62 specimens
Arca imbricata Bruguière 1789
157 specimens
Arca ? zebra (Swainson 1833)
4 specimens
Anadara sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon sp. Lightfoot 1786
1 specimen
Isognomon radiatus (Anton 1838)
10 specimens
Isognomon ? alatus (Gmelin 1791)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Botula fusca (Gmelin 1791)
1 specimen
Lithophaga ? nigra (d'Orbigny 1845)
1 specimen
Brachidontes exustus (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucinidae indet. Fleming 1828
1 specimen
may be Pectinacean
? Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Codakia ? orbiculata (Montagu 1808)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Periglypta listeri (Gray 1838)
1 specimen
Chione cancellata (Linnaeus 1767)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
35 specimens
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida
? Mactracea indet. Lamarck 1809
3 specimens
? Tellinacea sp. Blainville 1814
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
8 specimens
Tellina listeri Röding 1798
1 specimen
Arcopagia fausta (Pulteney 1799)
69 specimens
2 specimens
? Macoma sp. Leach 1819
1 specimen
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Americardia guppyi (Thiele 1910)
1 specimen
Americardia media (Linnaeaus 1758)
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Periplomatidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neritidae
2 specimens
Neritina virginea (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Nerita tessellata Gmelin 1791
2 specimens
Nerita versicolor Gmelin 1791
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Bullidae
Bulla striata Bruguiére 1792
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789
6 specimens
Cerithium guinaicum Philippi 1849
3 specimens
7 specimens
Cerithium ? eburneum Bruguière 1792
2 specimens
92 specimens
Gastropoda - Modulidae
Modulus modulus (Linnaeus 1758)
13 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa cubaniana (d'Orbigny 1841)
1 specimen
juvenile
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Cymatium pileare (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
juvenile
Cymatium ? parthenopeum (von Salis Marschlins 1793)
5 specimens
? Cymatium nicobaricum (Röding 1798)
1 specimen
juvenile
Cymatium sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Cypraea cinerea (Martini 1769)
2 specimens
Cypraea zebra Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
juvenile
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
? Melongena melongena (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Fasciolaria tulipa (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
1 specimen
Leucozonia nassa (Gmelin 1791)
17 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella mercatoria (Linnaeus 1758)
81 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Marginellidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Morum oniscus (Linnaeaus 1767)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
6 specimens
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus gigas Linnaeus 1758
36 specimens
Gastropoda - Hipponicidae
Hipponix antiquatus (Linnaeus 1767)
33 specimens
Cheilea equestris (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Littorinidae
Littorina ? nebulosa (Lamarck 1822)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Rissoina ? aberrans (Adams 1850)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Caecidae
1 specimen
657 specimens
Caecum plicatum Carpenter 1858
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
1 specimen
Serpulorbis decussata (Gmelin 1791)
6 specimens
Petaloconchus irregularis (d'Orbigny 1841)
2 specimens
1 specimen
Petaloconchus mcgintyi (Olsson and Harbison 1953)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Odostomia sp. Fleming 1817
1 specimen
or Pyramidella sp.
Gastropoda - Tegulidae
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Cittarium pica (Linnaeus 1758)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
4 specimens
Astraea caelata (Gmelin 1791)
1 specimen
based on opeculum
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora listeri (d'Orbigny 1842)
25 specimens
Diodora ? cayenensis (Lamarck 1822)
12 specimens
Diodora ? minuta (Lamarck 1822)
1 specimen
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea pustulata (Helbling 1779)
60 specimens
Gastropoda - Patellida - Acmaeidae
Acmaea ? antillarum (Sowerby 1834)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Jamaica
Coordinates: 18.5° North, 77.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Coastal Formation:Falmouth
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Falmouth Fm, which unconformably overlies the Hope Gate Fm. THICKNESS: Sample collected from 2-4 m of section of unknown thickness. AGE: Late Pleistocene, last interglacial, Sangamonian, ~125,000 yrs bp. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: Immediately above the hardground surface of the unconformable contact with the Hope Gate Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified sandy,calcareous "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: From coral-packed facies with a friable, weakly cemented carbonate sand matrix. LITHIFICATION: Poorly-lithified, based on facies description and figured outcrop photos
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Glacial or sequence phase:interglacial
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Interpreted as eitrher patch reef in the back reef lagoon or shallow fore reef.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Disassociated major elements:many
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,surface (in situ),sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Donovan & Littlewood Collection dates:1988-1990
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Donovan and Littlewood. REPOSITORY: Not stated, but presumably the University of the West Indies.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. Other groups present, but not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution determination. Identified using Abbott (1954, 1958, 1974); de Jong and Coomans (1988), Fischer (1988), Humfrey (1975), Morris (1975), Vaught (1989), and Warmke and Abbott (1961).
Metadata
Also known as:Loc. 7 (Liddle et al. (1984); Loc. 3 (Donovan & Gordon, 1989)
Database number:80407
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-20 10:22:18 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-04-20 10:22:18
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
27055. S. K. Donovan and D. T. J. Littlewood. 1993. The benthic mollusk faunas of two contrasting reef paleosubenvironments: Falmouth Formation (late Pleistocene, last interglacial), Jamaica. The Nautilus 107(1):33-42 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]