Santo Island (undiff. Pleistocene localities) (Pleistocene of Vanuatu)

Where: Vanuatu (15.4° S, 166.9° E: paleocoordinates 15.4° S, 166.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Pleistocene (2.6 - 0.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an undifferentiated reef limestones. AGE: Pleistocene, on the basis of macrofossil and foraminiferal biostratigraphy, and stratigraphic position. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: A composite from several beds within the local area, including those on shore platforms, and at 215 ft altitude.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: unlithified lithology not reported

• EMVIRONMENT: Not stated, but presumably a shallow marine, carbonate setting.
• LITHOLOGY: Unknown, probably carbonate. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, on the basis of figured specimens.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the USNM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Multiple collectors, including: Stearns (1943), Mallick, Waller, Blango, and Blow. REPOSITORY: USNM.

Primary reference: H. S. Ladd. 1966. Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531:1-98 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 78042: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COEVERAGE: Representative, but not exhaustive for gastropoda. NOMENCLATURE: An authoritative publication with relatively modern nomenclature, subgenus- and species-level identifications. IDENTIFIER: H. S. Ladd.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbo (Turbo) petholatus Linnaeus 1758 snail
Astraea (Astralium) rhodostoma Lamarck 1822 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Tectus (Rochia) niloticus Linnaeus 1767 top snail
Tectus (Tectus) mauritianus Gmelin 1791 top snail
"Trochus (Trochus) maculatus" = Trochus maculatus Linnaeus 1758 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Emarginula "sp. C"3 Lamarck 1801 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Rhinoclavis (Rhinoclavis) sinensis1 Gmelin 1791 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Neogastropoda - Olividae
Oliva annulata2 olive snail
Oliva miniacea2 Röding 1798 olive snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus miliaris3 cone shell
Conus terebra3 cone shell
Conus quercinus3 Solander 1786 cone shell
Conus nussatella3 Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Harpidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Tonnidae
Quimalea pomum2 Linnaeus 1758 tun shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Phallium (Semicassis) bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata2
"Phallium (Semicassis) bisulcatum" = Semicassis bisulcata2 Schubert and Wagner 1829 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
"Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium" = Ranularia3
"Cymatium (Ranularia) gutturnium" = Ranularia3 triton shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Cypraea (Pustilaria) cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula2, Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx2, "Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola2, Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis2
"Cypraea (Pustilaria) cicercula" = Pustularia cicercula2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
Cypraea (Lyncina) lynx2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
"Cypraea (Lyncina) carneola" = Lyncina carneola2 Linnaeus 1758 purple-mouthed cowry
Cypraea (Erosaria) caputserpentis2 Linnaeus 1758 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Sinum undulatum3 moon snail
"Polinices (Polinices) mammilla" = Natica (Natica) mamilla2 Linnaeus 1758 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Atlantidae