Where: Azores, Portugal (37.0° N, 25.1° W: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 25.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Pleistocene (0.1 - 0.0 Ma)
• unit B, MIS 5.5
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: S. P. Ávila, R. Amen, J. M. N. Azevedo, M. Cachão, and F. García-Talavera. 2002. Checklist of the Pleistocene marine molluscs of Prainha and Lagoinhas (Santa Maria Island, Azores). Açoreana 9:343-370 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 128470: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 09.06.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Bivalvia | |
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona
"Arca tetragona" = Tetrarca tetragona Poli 1795 clam | |
Neopycnodonte cf. cochlear Poli 1795 oyster | |
"Crassadoma pusio" = Talochlamys pusio, Nodipecten corallinoides
"Crassadoma pusio" = Talochlamys pusio Linnaeus 1758 scallop
Nodipecten corallinoides scallop | |
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata
"Cardita calyculata" = Cardita (Cardita) calyculata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Lucinella divaricata Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Papillicardium papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
Laevicardium crassum Gmelin 1791 cockle | |
Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803 clam | |
"Tellina incarnata" = Clathrotellina carnicolor
"Tellina incarnata" = Clathrotellina carnicolor Hanley 1846 tellin clam | |
Ensis minor Dall 1899 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Sinezona cingulata snail | |
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Gibbula magus top snail
Gibbula delgadensis top snail | |
Retusa truncatula Bruguiere 1792 snail | |
Odostomia bernardi snail
Odostomia cf. unidentata snail | |
Pedipes pedipes snail | |
Patella ulyssiponensis Gmelin 1791 limpet | |
"Vitreolina philippi" = Balcis (Vitreolina)
"Vitreolina philippi" = Balcis (Vitreolina) snail | |
Fossarus ambiguus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Littorina striata, "Melarhaphe neritoides" = Littorina neritoides
Littorina striata periwinkle
"Melarhaphe neritoides" = Littorina neritoides Linnaeus 1758 periwinkle | |
Skeneopsis planorbis Fabricius 1780 periwinkle | |
"Polynices lacteus" = Polinices
"Polynices lacteus" = Polinices moon snail | |
Setia sp., Rissoa guernei, Manzonia unifasciata, Cingula trifasciata, Alvania tarsodes, Alvania sleursi, Alvania poucheti, Alvania mediolittoralis, Alvania angioyi, Alvania cancellata
Setia sp. Adams and Adams 1852 snail
Rissoa guernei snail
Manzonia unifasciata Dautzenburg 1889 snail
Cingula trifasciata snail
Alvania tarsodes snail
Alvania sleursi snail
Alvania poucheti snail
Alvania mediolittoralis snail
Alvania angioyi snail
Alvania cancellata da Costa 1778 snail | |
Caecum cf. armoricum de Folin 1869 snail | |
Thylaeodus cf. rugulosus worm shell | |
"Trivia pulex" = Trivia mediterranea
"Trivia pulex" = Trivia mediterranea Risso 1826 snail | |
Lamellaria latens Müller 1776 snail | |
Mitra cornea mitre shell | |
Anachis avaroides snail | |
Cantharus variegatus Gray 1839 true whelk | |
Haedropleura sp. Monterosato 1883 snail | |
Mitromorpha azorensis snail | |
Conus cf. miruchae cone shell
Conus cf. ermineus Born 1778 cone shell | |
Morula nodulosa, "Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma
Morula nodulosa murex snail
"Stramonita haemastoma" = Stramonita haemostoma Linnaeus 1767 murex snail subspecies "S. haemastoma haemastoma"
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"Phalium granulatum" = Semicassis granulata
"Phalium granulatum" = Semicassis granulata Born 1778 snail | |
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Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail |