Masuda, San-in (Miocene of Japan)

Where: Japan (34.7° N, 131.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 129.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Age given as early Middle Miocene

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified siliciclastic sediments

• Environments ranging from intertidal, eulitoral to sublitoral

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Summary of all mossulscs recovered from area

Primary reference: K. Takayasu. 1986. Characteristics of the Miocene molluscan assemblages from central San-in District, Southwest Honshu, Japan. Monograph of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 6:155-169 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44958: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Saccella confusa pointed nut clam
ssp. kongiensis
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Ennucula sp., "Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis
Ennucula sp. Iredale 1931 nut clam
"Acila submirabilis" = Acila (Acila) submirabilis Makiyama 1926 divaricate nutclam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Saccostrea sp. Dolfuss and Dautzenberg 1920 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys kaneharai" = Mimachlamys kaneharai Yokoyama 1926 scallop
Chlamys cf. nisataiensis Otuka 1935 scallop
Delectopecten peckhami Gabb 1869 scallop
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium sp. de Gregorio 1884 mud scallop
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Solenida - Pharidae
Cultellus izumoensis Yokoyama 1923 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium)
""Vasticardium" ogurai" = Acrosterigma (Vasticardium) cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
""Fabulina" sp." = Tellina (Fabulina) tellin clam
Macoma izurensis tellin clam
 Cardiida - Donacidae
"Latona sp." = Donax (Latona)
"Latona sp." = Donax (Latona) Schumacher 1817 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiliidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Phacosoma nomurai" = Dosinia (Phacosoma) venus clam
"Compsomyax iizukai" = Venerella (Compsomyax) venus clam
Cyclina takeyamai venus clam
 Cardiida - Corbiculidae
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina)
"Geloina yamanei" = Polymesoda (Geloina) clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Solidicorbula cf. succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula), "Anisocorbula osawanoensis" = Caryocorbula (Anisocorbula) osawanoensis
"Solidicorbula cf. succincta" = Corbula (Solidicorbula) clam
"Anisocorbula osawanoensis" = Caryocorbula (Anisocorbula) osawanoensis Tsuda 1959 clam
 Pholadida - Myidae
"Hiatula cf. minoensis" = Mya
"Hiatula cf. minoensis" = Mya softshell clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma sp., "Lucinoma cf. acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata
Lucinoma sp. Dall 1901 clam
"Lucinoma cf. acutilineatum" = Lucinoma acutilineata Conrad 1849 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Gastropoda
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Fulgoraria sp. Schumacher 1817 volute
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"? Hemifusus mimasakensis" = Volema (Hemifusus)
"? Hemifusus mimasakensis" = Volema (Hemifusus) snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum, Euspira meisensis, "Neverita (Glossaulax) cf. coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae
"Sinum yabei" = Sinum ineptum Yokoyama 1924 moon snail
Euspira meisensis Makiyama 1926 moon snail
"Neverita (Glossaulax) cf. coticazae" = Glossaulax didyma coticazae Makiyama 1926 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Vicarya japonica horn snail
Tateiwaia tateiwai Makiyama 1936 horn snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
"Tristichotrochus sp." = Calliostoma (Tristichotrochus) Ikebe 1942 top snail
Polyplacophora
 Neoloricata - Ischnochitonidae
Lepidozona sp. Pilsbry 1892 chiton