Mombasa-Changamwe (Pleistocene of Kenya)

Where: Kenya (4.0° S, 39.7° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° S, 39.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone and lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. Nardini. 1934. Molluschi delle spiagge emerse del Mar Rosso e dell'Oceano Indiano, introduzione e parte I (gasteropodi) [Mollusks from raised beaches bordering the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, introduction and part I (gastropods)]. Palaeontographia Italica 34:171-267 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101544: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullariidae
Lanistes olivaceus apple snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus
"Strombus gibberulus" = Strombus (Gibberulus) gibberulus Linnaeus 1758 conch
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra maculata Linnaeus 1758 auger snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica mammilla moon snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita undata Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata
"Anadara antiquata" = Anadara (Anadara) antiquata Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
"Meleagrina margaritifera" = Pinctada
"Meleagrina margaritifera" = Pinctada pearl oyster