River Mellah (Pleistocene to of Morocco)

Where: Morocco (31.0° N, 9.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.0° N, 9.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Pleistocene to Middle Pleistocene (0.8 - 0.0 Ma)

• Tyrrhenian

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Lecointre. 1952. Recherches sur le Neogene et le Quaternaire marins de la cote Atlantique du Maroc. Publications du Service geologique du Maroc 99(1,2):1-174 [J. Sessa/J. Sessa/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127626: authorized by Jocelyn Sessa, entered by Jocelyn Sessa on 19.05.2012

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis" = Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus
"Trochus (Gibbula) umbilicalis" = Margarites (Margarites) groenlandicus Gmelin 1791 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus
"Nassa incrassata" = Nassarius incrassatus Müller 1773 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus mediterraneus Hwass 1792 cone shell